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Location Case Verb Rections – Rektiot Missä Mistä Mihin

February 19, 2021

"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.

Finnish Noun Rections – Noun + Noun

November 10, 2020

Rections

This article contains a long list of noun + noun rections, such as "ratkaisu ongelmaan" and "tieto ongelmasta". Expand your vocabulary!

So-Called Partitive Verbs – Not Always Partitive?

October 3, 2020

Rections

So-called partitive verbs unfortunately not ALWAYS have an object in the partitive case. Let's unravel this generalization a little!

Finnish Rections – Keneltä? Kenestä? Keneen?

May 30, 2020

Rections

Keneltä? Minulta! Kenestä? Minusta! Keneen? Minuun! Learn when to use these forms in this article about Finnish rections!

Translative Verb Rections – Translatiivi Rektiot

December 16, 2019

Grammatical Cases

There are quite many verbs that require the translative for their complements. You can find examples of these translative verb rections on this page!

Verb Rections with Että – Siihen että, Siitä että

November 27, 2019

Rections

Rakastan sitä, että.. Tykkään siitä, että... Luotan siitä, että... Kuulostaa siltä,että... Learn more about verb rections with että-sentences!

Making someone do something – Pyytää Kehottaa Käskeä

November 20, 2019

Constructions

Pyytää, neuvoa, vaatia, käskeä and velvoittaa are some of the Finnish verbs you can use to express "making someone do something".

Adjective Rections – Vihainen sinulle – Ylpeä sinusta

October 8, 2019

Rections

Adjective rections are the reason why we say: rehellinen SINULLE, ihastunut SINUUN and ylpeä SINUSTA. Learn more of the different rections now!

Tykätä and Pitää – Saying You Like Things in Finnish

August 28, 2019

Rections

The verbs tykätä and pitää are used to express that you like something in combination with the mistä-form. This article gives you lots of examples.

The Verb Harrastaa – Talking about Your Hobbies

April 7, 2019

Rections

To talk about your hobbies in Finnish, you will need the verb "harrastaa. Learn how to use it and how the fourth infinitive is related to it!