Cases In finnish Flashcards
Koti
Home (nom)
Kodin
Home’s/of a home (Gen)
Kotin/kodin
Home (accusative)
Kotia
Home (partitive)
Kodissa
In a home (inessive)
kodista
Out of a home (elative)
Kotiin
Into a home (illative)
kodilla
on a home (adessive)
kodilta
from a home (ablative)
kodille
onto a home (allative)
kotina
as a home (essive)
kodiksi
[transformed] into a home (translative)
kodein
with the aid of homes (instructive)
koditta
without a home (abessive)
koteineen
together with their homes (comitative- ne)
Modern Finnish marginal cases (w/wo)
The marginal cases are rarely used in modern Finnish. The comitative is usually replaced with the postposition kanssa (“with”) and the abessive is usually replaced with the preposition ilman (“without”).
Millainen ilma tänään on?
How’s the weather today? (Nom.)
Ostan kaupasta omenat
I’m buying the apples from the store. (Nom)
Matin kissa on Helsingissä
Mati’s cat is in Helsinki. (Gen)
Minä luen kirjan
I am reading the book (gen)
Opiskelijoiden täytyy mennä kirjastoon
The students have to go to the library (gen)
Lintu on talon edessä
The bird is in front of the house (gen)
Lintu on talon edessä
The bird is in front of the house (gen) I don’t know
Ajan sinut autolla kouluun
I am driving you to school by car. (Acc)