Commands and prohibitions = the imperative. Istu alas, rentoudu ja lue, mitä kirjoitan. Älä hermostu, sinä opit kyllä! There are different endings for imperatives for one person (sinä) and for more than one person (te). Both forms also have negative forms. So altogether, there are four imperative forms in Finnish: singular commands, singular prohibitions, plural commands,…
The ending +ksi has many translations in English. It can be ”in” or ”to”, sometimes ”for” but sometimes ”by”. 🤯 Don’t panic- let me explain the meaning of the case ending ksi. Basically +KSI means SOMETHING BECOMES the word that has the +ksi -> isoksi ja vahvaksi (to turn big and strong) The +ksi is…
Many Finnish learners come across the word “YKI.” It’s a test — Finland’s official language proficiency examination. YKI can be taken in several languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Northern Sami, French, Swedish, German, Finnish, and Russian. In this blog, I focus specifically on the Finnish YKI test: what it is, how it works, and what you…
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