Finnish Grammar
Here you can find some main topics on Finnish grammar.
Introduction into Finnish
What kind of language Finnish is, how Finnish is different from other languages.
Phonetics
Phonetics deal with sounds. This gives an introduction to Finnish vowels and consontants, and explains how to pronounce Finnish.
- Sounds - consonants and vowels enlisted and explained
- Vowel harmony - this rule is applied when suffixes are added
- Consonant gradation - consonants can have different lenghts
Verbs
Verb is the "head" of a sentence, here you'll find how to use verbs in Finnish.
- Verbs in general
- Personal forms
- Tempus - Living in the past
- Infinitives
- Verb types
- Negation - Learn how to say no
- Participles
Nomines
Nouns, adjectives and pronouns are nomines. In Finnish they behave alike, that's why they are introduced under same chapter.
- Nomines in general
- Nominative, genitive, partitive - The three most important cases
- Essive, translative, abessive - With or without
- Location cases - Where are you going, where are you coming from
- Pronouns - Little words used instead of nouns
Sentences
Finnish syntax, how to form correct sentences.
- Subjects and objects - Which is which?
- Types of senteces - Connection between cases and sentence types
- Questions - How to ask things
- Modifiers - Let's enlarge our senteces
- Sentence structures - Different kinds of sentences and structures
Derivation
- Derivation is a typical way of word formation.