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Finnish Cases & Grammar

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Finnish grammar essentials: the 15 grammatical cases, pronouns, verb tenses and moods, consonant gradation and vowel harmony.

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  1. 1Nominative case suffix
    – (no suffix). Used for subjects. Example: talo (house)
  2. 2Genitive case suffix
    -n. Expresses possession ('s). Example: talon (house's)
  3. 3Accusative case suffix
    –, -n, or -t. Used for definite objects. Example: talon, talo
  4. 4Partitive case suffix
    -(t)a / -(t)ä. Used for indefinite/partial objects. Example: taloa
  5. 5Inessive case suffix
    -ssa / -ssä. Means 'in'. Example: talossa (in a house)
  6. 6Elative case suffix
    -sta / -stä. Means 'out of'. Example: talosta (out of a house)
  7. 7Illative case suffix
    -Vn, -seen, -siin. Means 'into'. Example: taloon (into a house)
  8. 8Adessive case suffix
    -lla / -llä. Means 'at, on'. Example: talolla (at a house)
  9. 9Ablative case suffix
    -lta / -ltä. Means 'from'. Example: talolta (from a house)
  10. 10Allative case suffix
    -lle. Means 'onto, to'. Example: talolle (to a house)
  11. 11Essive case suffix
    -na / -nä. Means 'as'. Example: talona (as a house)
  12. 12Translative case suffix
    -ksi. Means 'into (the role of)'. Example: kouluksi (into being a school)
  13. 13Instructive case suffix
    -n, -in. Means 'with (the aid of)'. Example: taloin (with the houses)
  14. 14Abessive case suffix
    -tta / -ttä. Means 'without'. Example: talotta (without a house)
  15. 15Comitative case suffix
    -ne-. Means 'together with'. Example: taloineen (with their house(s))
  16. 16Number of noun cases
    15 cases: 4 grammatical, 6 locative, 2 essive, and 3 marginal cases
  17. 17Internal locative cases
    Inessive (-ssa/-ssä 'in'), elative (-sta/-stä 'out of'), illative (-Vn 'into')
  18. 18External locative cases
    Adessive (-lla/-llä 'on'), ablative (-lta/-ltä 'from'), allative (-lle 'onto')
  19. 19Personal pronoun: I (nominative)
    minä
  20. 20Personal pronoun: you (singular)
    sinä
  21. 21Personal pronoun: he/she/they (singular)
    hän
  22. 22Personal pronoun: we
    me
  23. 23Personal pronoun: you (plural)
    te
  24. 24Personal pronoun: they
    he
  25. 25Are Finnish pronouns gendered?
    No. 'hän' means he/she/they (singular) - all genders use the same pronoun
  26. 26Demonstrative pronoun: this
    tämä
  27. 27Demonstrative pronoun: that
    tuo
  28. 28Demonstrative pronoun: it/that
    se
  29. 29Demonstrative pronoun: these
    nämä
  30. 30Demonstrative pronoun: those
    nuo

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