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Essive, translative, abessive
Essive
Essive is often translated as, and it expresses role or capasity.
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Hän työskentelee opettajana. He works as a teacher. |
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Pidämme häntä parhaana We rate him as the best |
Essive has the suffix -na. Essive has always strong grade.
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talo:talona pappi:pappina rikas:rikkaana |
Translative
Translative expresses becoming or transforming into something.
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Prinssi muuttui sammakoksi. The prince turned into a frog |
Translative case has the suffix -ksi.
Abessive
Abessive expresses beeing without something. The suffix is -tta.
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Hän oli vaatteetta. He was without any clothes. |
Both translative and abessive has same grade stem as genitive. Easiest way to form these cases is to replace the n suffix of the genitive with the -ksi or -tta suffix.
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