Syntax

This category of my website consists of all articles related to syntax – the arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence. This includes Finnish sentence types, rections and a large amount of articles on certain phrase constructions.

Accusative Total Object – Human objects – Minut Sinut

April 26, 2022

Object Sentences

This article contains a list of verbs with an accusative total object. Learn which verbs usually get MINUT, SINUT, HÄNET as an object!

Total Object Verbs – Genitive Object – Verb List

April 13, 2022

Object Sentences

Click for a list of TOTAL OBJECT VERBS, which normally get a genitive case object, such as "Tiedän/muistan/unohdan nimen"!

Joka-pronomini – Jonka Jota Joista Joiden

December 28, 2021

Constructions

Read more about which situations to use the different forms of the relative pronoun joka, ie. JOKA-PRONOMINI!

Ilman Vailla Paitsi – Expressing a “Lack of Something” in Finnish

December 9, 2021

Constructions

Learn how to express a LACK of something in Finnish! You can say "without" in many ways, as demonstrated in this article.

-Han/hän – Liitepartikkeli Clitic – Minähän sanoin!

November 21, 2021

Liitepartikkelit

Missähän? Miksihän? Minähän sanoin! This tricky little clitic -han/hän appears all over the place in Finnish. Learn what it means and how to use it!

Use of the Partitive in Comparative Phrases

November 21, 2021

Constructions

ENTISTÄ ENEMMÄN and ODOTETTUA SUUREMPI are examples of the use of the partitive case in comparative phrases. Click to read more!

The Finnish Object – Objekti

July 16, 2021

Object Sentences

Luen kirjaa. Luin kirjan. Lue kirja! Lue kirjat! Luen kirjoja. Learn about the Finnish Object with many examples and explanations!

Täytyy Sentence Types – Syntax of Necessity Sentences

June 7, 2021

Sentence Types

Let's take a look at TÄYTYY -sentence types! This article goes over the different elements you will find in necessity sentences.

Finnish Comparative of Adjectives

May 24, 2021

Constructions

This article will look at the comparative: how to express that something is BIGGER, FASTER, BETTER. Learn more about the Finnish comparative of adjectives!

Location Case Verb Rections – Rektiot Missä Mistä Mihin

February 19, 2021

Constructions

"Verb rections" refers to the phenomenon where a word requires other words to appear in a certain form. Location case verbs rections are one subgroup.