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Pronouns

Pronouns are small words used as a substitutes for nouns.

Personal pronouns

singular plural
Iminäwe me
yousinäyoute
he/shehäntheyhe

Sinä is you in singular, te in plural. In formal speech, te is used istead of sinä.

There's only one word for he and she, hän. This refers to male and female.

Remember also the personal conjugation.

Demonstrative pronouns

singularplural
thistämäthese nämä
thattuothosenuo
itsethosene

Interrogative pronouns

Interrogative pronouns are used in questions.

mikä what
missä where
mistä from where
minne where to
milloin when
miten how
miksi why
millainen what kind of

Mikä on maailman korkein vuori?
What is the highest mountain of the world?
Missä on maailman pisin joki?
Where is the longest river of ther world?
Mistä ovat kotoisin appelsiinit?
Where does the oranges come from?
Minne Tonava laskee?
Where does the Donau end?
Milloin solmittiin Tarton rauha?
When was Tartu peace concluded?
Miten mämmiä valmistetaan?
How mämmi is made?
Miksi kirahvilla on pitkä kaula?
Why the giraffe has long neck?
Millainen eläin on vompatti?
What kind of aninmal is wompat?

See also the article on questions.

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