LC-7210 - Finnish 1, Lecture, 9.1.2024-29.2.2024
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Topic outline
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Mitä sinä juot? Mitä sinä syöt?
"Mitä" is a partitive form of "mikä". Partitive form is used in Finnish in following situations:
- with a number or amount word: 2 leipää, pari sipulia
- in negative sentences: Minulla ei ole autoa.
- with a verb, which expresses an action or a feeling: Hän kokkaa lohikeittoa. Minä rakastan lohikeittoa.
- with liquid or substances: Juon aamulla kahvia. Sataa vettä.
There are 3 endings for partitive in singular form:
-A:
- added to nouns which end with one vowel
- omenaA, sipuliA (loan word)
-TA:
- added to nouns which end with double vowel or a consonant
- suklaaTA, punaisTA, kallisTA, lohTA
-TTA:
- added to nouns which end with a letter E
- veneTTÄ, tuoreTTA