Finnish Cases Flashcards
Nominative
the dictionary form, case of subject in general
Genitive
possessive, “future tense”
-n, -en, -den, -tten, -ten
Partitive
after quantifying words, object in a negative sentence, “present tense”
-a/-ä, -ta/-tä, -tta,-ttä
Accusative
the case for a total (entire) object, when nominative or genitive is used as an object it is called accusative
Inessive
“in”
-ssa/-ssä
Elative
“from within”
-sta/-stä
Illative
“into”
-Vn, -seen/-siin, -hVn/-hin
Adessive
“on” or “at”
-lla/-llä
Ablative
“from without”
-lta,-ltä
Allative
“onto”
-lle
Essive
expresses state of being, some time expressions, old “in/at” case
-na/-nä
Translative
expresses change, some time expressions
- ksi
Instructive
in certain expressions “by means of”
-in
Comitative
in certain expressions “with”
-ne+poss. suff.
Abessive
“without”
-tta, -ttä
