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Missä Mistä Mihin Forms of Comparative Adverbs

November 10, 2021

Learn more about forms such as ALEMPANA, LÄHEMMÄS, KAUIMPAA and SYKSYMMÄLLÄ! There are the missä, mistä & mihin forms of comparative adverbs!

Varma, Varmasti and Varmaan – Sure Certain Certainly Probably

February 14, 2021

Interesting Words

VARMASTI and VARMAAN both have the adjective VARMA at their base, but their meaning isn't as straight-forwards as you'd think. Read more!

Yllä Ylle Yltä Yläpuolella Ylhäällä Yli – What’s the Difference

July 5, 2020

Interesting Words

Find out what the words yllä, ylle, yltä, yläpuolella, yläpuolelta, yläpuolelle, ylhäällä, ylhäältä, ylös and yli mean and how they differ from each other!

Vierekkäin Kasvokkain – Adverbs ending in -KKAIN

April 9, 2020

Words Ending in...

This article deals with adverbs ending in -kkain/-kkäin, which express a reciprocal relative location between two things. Find out more today!

Adverb Types Overview – Adverbien tyypit

March 30, 2020

Adverbs

In this Finnish adverb types overview, you can find Finnish adverbs organized based on their meaning. There are quite a few of them! Within each categ…

Eri Pikku Rikki Viime Ensi Poikki – Indeclinable Words

January 17, 2020

Interesting inflection

Some words in Finnish can't be inflected in the Finnish cases: they are indeclinable words. Learn more about some of the most common ones!

[ Olla + X:lla ] Finnish Adessive Phrases – Olla Kahvilla Meneillä Treffeillä

December 21, 2019

Adverbs

This article lists adessive phrases such as [olla lenkillä] and [olla voitolla], which follow the [olla + x:lla] construction pattern.

Juovuksissa Nukuksissa -UksissA(An) Adverbs

December 3, 2019

Adverbs

Suutuksissa, eksyksissä, juovuksissa and nukuksissa are four examples of adverbs that end in -UksissA. Learn more about this advanced adverb type now!

Postitse Puhelimitse Ohitse Maitse – Prolative

October 14, 2019

Finnish Cases

The -(i)tse ending on words like postitse, puhelimitse, ohitse and maitse is called the prolative. The name isn't important, but the words can be!

Open and Closed in Finnish – Auki Avoin Kiinni Suljettu

October 12, 2019

Interesting Words

Auki, avoin, avoinna, avattu, kiinni, and suljettu are words used to express open and closed in Finnish. Learn the limitations of each of these words!