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  • TUNTI 9 tiistai 6.2.

    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

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