rare cases | Uusi kielemme

The Instructive Case – Instruktiivi – omin silmin

March 18, 2021

I saw "omin silmin" how he "aamuin illoin" walked on the beach "avojaloin" and "kyynelsilmin". Try to make sense of the Finnish in the instructive case!

The Comitative Case – Komitatiivi

March 13, 2021

Grammatical Cases

The komitatiivi, aka the comitative case, expresses a kind of possession, combination or part of a whole. Its ending is -ne- with a possessive suffix added.

The Abessive Case – tta/ttä – Abessiivi

March 8, 2021

Grammatical Cases

As one of the rarer Finnish cases, the abessive case expresses a lack of something, or going without something. There's a whole bunch of phrases to learn!

The Lative Case – Ylös Alas Kauemmas – Finnish Grammar

January 21, 2020

Etymology

ULOS, KAUAS, LÄHEMMÄS and KAUEMMAS are considered to be examples of the ancient LATIVE case which doesn't exist anymore. Learn more here!