Ymmärrä suomea genetiivi

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Use of the Genitive Case (minkä, kenen)

1.1. Words ending in -ut: two groups

Words ending in -ut are most commonly NUT-participles (e.g. You will want to check out this article to get the specifics.

NominativeGenitiveNominativeGenitive
mahdollisuusmahdollisuudenvastausvastauksen
rakkausrakkaudenkysymyskysymyksen
ystävyysystävyydenkeskuskeskuksen
pimeyspimeydentarjoustarjouksen

Some general guidelines:

  • If the word is based on a verb (such as opettaa > opetus), it will generally get –ukse-.
  • If the word is based on an adjective (such as pimeä > pimeys), it will get –ude- in the genitive.
  • If the word is based on a noun (such as ystävä > ystävyys), it will get –ude- in the genitive.
  • If the word ends in –uus/yys (double vowel), you will get –ude-.

2.5.6.

Depending on how familiar you are with linguistics and cases in general, you might call this case the genitive or the accusative. We’ll go over when to use it and how you inflect words into the genitive.

Table of Contents

  1. The Use of the Genitive Case
    1. When indicating possession (John’s, Pekka’s)
    2. In front of postpositions (takana, edessä)
    3. When expressing necessity (täytyy)
    4. With the object of a sentence
    5. In certain more advanced constructions
  2. The Formation of the Genitive Case
    1. The genitive of the personal pronouns
    2. Words ending in a vowel
    3. Words ending in an -e
    4. Words ending in -i
      1. New words ending in -i
      2. Old words ending in -i
      3. Old words ending in -si
    5. Words ending in a consonant
      1. Words ending in -nen
      2. Words ending in -as
      3. Words ending in -is
      4. Words ending in -us/-ys
      5. Words ending in -os/-ös
      6. Words ending in -ton
      7. Words ending in -in
      8. Words ending in -ut
      9. Words ending in -tar
      10. Non-Finnish words ending in a consonant
  3. Consonant Gradation in the Genitive Case

1.

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Nyt puhutaan nopeaa puhekieltä! Some words’ age can be confusing, for example äiti (mother) is actually a new Finnish word, even though mothers have been around since the beginning of time!

NominativeGenitiveNominativeGenitive
oviovensuurisuuren
suomisuomenpienipienen
pilvipilvenveriveren
lehtilehdenhuulihuulen
jokijoenlohilohen

This section combines words belonging to the OVI-type and the PIENI-type into one because these types undergo the exact same change when inflected in the genitive case.

2.4.3.

/ I am currently reading this book.Minä luin kirjan eilen.I read the whole book yesterday. Usually they’re recognisable because they resemble words in other languages, like pankki for “bank”, or paperi for “paper”. Totta kai autan sinua!

In this article, you can find information about the genitive case.

Postpositions generally require their complement to be inflected in the genitive.

FinnishEnglish
[Televisionpäällä] on kukkaruukku.There is a flower pot [on top of the television].
[Televisiontakana] on seinä.[Behind the television] is a wall.
[Televisionlähellä] tapahtuu kaikenlaista.[Close to the television] happen many things.
Hiiri on [jääkaapinalla].The mouse is [underneath the fridge].
[Koulunvieressä] on karkkikauppa.[Next to the school] there’s a candy store.
[Liisankanssa] on aina hauskaa.[With Liisa] there’s always fun.

1.3.

Words ending in -os/-ös: replace –os with –okse– and add –n

Words ending in -os and –ös will respectively get -okse- and –ökse– when inflected.

NominativeGenitiveNominativeGenitive
ostosostoksenjäljennösjäljennöksen
piirrospiiroksenkäännöskäännöksen
annosannoksenluonnosluonnoksen

2.5.5.

Words undergo certain changes when you add the genitive case to the end of them.

2.1. New words ending in -i: add -n

New words are often loanwords. rakkaan, oppaan).

NominativeGenitiveNominativeGenitive
rakasrakkaanrikasrikkaan
taivastaivaanlipaslippaan
opasoppaanitsekäsitsekkään

2.5.3.

Vesi on kylmää. With the object of a sentence

The -n ending is also used with the object of affirmative sentences. On hienoa, että opiskelet suomea! This group has its own additional change.

NominativeGenitiveNominativeGenitive
uusiuudenvuosivuoden
sidenkuukausikuukauden
vesivedenreisireiden

I have a more extensive list of words that belong to this type here.

2.5.

kuollut “dead” from kuolla “to die”).

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Non-Finnish words ending in a consonant

Loanwords and foreign names (e.g.

I’m adding it on my genitive page, but there are plenty of people who would rather I’d only add it on the accusative page.

The -n (call it either the genitive or the accusative) is used for objects in normal affirmative sentences. Words ending in -is: two groups

For words ending in -is, we have two groups: words like kallis that get -ii- when inflected, and words like roskis which get -ikse- when inflected.

NominativeGenitiveNominativeGenitive
kalliskalliinroskisroskiksen
kauniskauniinkirppiskirppiksen
kauriskauriinfiilisfiiliksen
ruisrukiinfutisfutiksen

2.5.4.

Words which have been derived from an adjective get –ude-, while other words get –ukse-.