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Verb conjugator
Here is a Finnish verb conjugator for you :
http://www.verbix.com/languages/finnish.shtml
It can conjugate any Finnish verb and it is very good at it !
Here´s a conjugator of German verbs :
http://www.verbix.com/languages/german.shtml
http://www.verbix.com/languages/finnish.shtml
It can conjugate any Finnish verb and it is very good at it !
Here´s a conjugator of German verbs :
http://www.verbix.com/languages/german.shtml
Can you count in Finnish?
Can you count in Finnish ? ( by Professor Kazuto Matsumura ) :
http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kmat ... choice=fin
http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kmat ... choice=fin
Lesson number 6 :
Voitko tehdä sen huomenna ? = Can you do it tomorrow?
se = it
tehdä = (to) do
Voitko soittaa minulle huomenna? = Can you call me tomorrow?
minulle = to/for me, minä = I
Voitko soittaa minulle taksin? = Can you call me a cab?
taksi = a cab
(minä) voin = I can, voinko (minä)? = Can I?
(sinä) voit = you can, voitko (sinä)? = can you?
hän voi = he/she can , voiko hän? = can he/she?
(me) voimme = we can, voimmeko (me)? = can we?
(te) voitte = you can, voitteko (te)? = can you?
he voivat = they can, voivatko he? = can they?
Kysymyksiä?
Questions?
(kysymys = a question)
PS. Nice to hear that you like the links!
Voitko tehdä sen huomenna ? = Can you do it tomorrow?
se = it
tehdä = (to) do
Voitko soittaa minulle huomenna? = Can you call me tomorrow?
minulle = to/for me, minä = I
Voitko soittaa minulle taksin? = Can you call me a cab?
taksi = a cab
(minä) voin = I can, voinko (minä)? = Can I?
(sinä) voit = you can, voitko (sinä)? = can you?
hän voi = he/she can , voiko hän? = can he/she?
(me) voimme = we can, voimmeko (me)? = can we?
(te) voitte = you can, voitteko (te)? = can you?
he voivat = they can, voivatko he? = can they?
Kysymyksiä?
Questions?
(kysymys = a question)
PS. Nice to hear that you like the links!
Finnish spell-check :
http://www.lingsoft.fi/cgi-bin/finspell
It checks the spelling of verbs,nouns etc. It checks the spelling of conjugated words also.
If a word is spelled incorrectly it gives you several correctly spelled alternatives.
oikein = correct
http://www.lingsoft.fi/cgi-bin/finspell
It checks the spelling of verbs,nouns etc. It checks the spelling of conjugated words also.
If a word is spelled incorrectly it gives you several correctly spelled alternatives.
oikein = correct
Spell check saves my ass all the time.... the Finnish one will do so more often I think
Just one question I think. So far I know of minä, minua, minulla, and minulle, are these changes (and the ones i'm sure i just don't know about yet) occur because of the cases? And while I'm on the subject of cases, do the suffixes get put on all of the words in the sentence, or just nouns or adjectives or what?
Just one question I think. So far I know of minä, minua, minulla, and minulle, are these changes (and the ones i'm sure i just don't know about yet) occur because of the cases? And while I'm on the subject of cases, do the suffixes get put on all of the words in the sentence, or just nouns or adjectives or what?
If only I was better at the things I attempted...
>> So far I know of minä,minua,minulla and minulle,do these changes occur because of the cases? <<
Yes, click on "Information about the cases in Finnish" ! :
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/Finnish.html
This on-line grammar book has also information on Finnish cases :
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~pamakine/kieli/su ... lysen.html
You asked also about the possessive suffix. I´ll try to answer that question later.
Yes, click on "Information about the cases in Finnish" ! :
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/Finnish.html
This on-line grammar book has also information on Finnish cases :
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~pamakine/kieli/su ... lysen.html
You asked also about the possessive suffix. I´ll try to answer that question later.
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I, me, I possess, for mecrap wrote:minä, minua, minulla, and minulle,
minä olen auto (I am a car) tarkista lääkityksesi (check your medication)
minua töytäisi auto (I was hit by a car) ~I as an object of action, also I feel as... minua harmittaa (I am [feeling] annoyed)
minulla on auto (I have a car)
minulle myytiin auto (to me was sold a car)
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
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the case endings basically are what you use a, about, above, between, by, on, off, for etc. in Eenglish
minulla on punainen auto - I have a red car
minä olen punaisessa autossa - I am in a red car
(compare - minä olen punainen auto - I am a red car)
minä ajan punaista autoa - I am driving a red car
minä ajan punaisella autolla - I am driving a red car
(there is a difference of doing it just for now or continuously)
tulli otti minut tarkastukseen vihreältä linjalta - customs took me to a check from the green line
minulla on punainen auto - I have a red car
minä olen punaisessa autossa - I am in a red car
(compare - minä olen punainen auto - I am a red car)
minä ajan punaista autoa - I am driving a red car
minä ajan punaisella autolla - I am driving a red car
(there is a difference of doing it just for now or continuously)
tulli otti minut tarkastukseen vihreältä linjalta - customs took me to a check from the green line
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
>> ... And while I'm on the subject of cases, do the suffixes get put on all of the words in the sentence, or just nouns or adjectives or what? <<
mustassa autossani = in my black car
"mustassani autossani" would be wrong
the adjectif must be in the same case as the following noun:
musta auto = black car
mustassa autossa = in a black car
mustaan autoon = into a black car
mustasta autosta = from a black car
mustalla autolla = by a black car
You do not put the possesive suffix on the adjectif,you put it on the noun only :
mustasta autostani ( not "mustastani autostani" ) = from my black car
You can also put the possesive suffix on postpositions and some verb forms :
"takana" ( behind ) is a postposition. ( Finnish has both prepositions and postpositions! )
(minun) takanani = behind me
(sinun) takanasi = behind you
mustassa autossani = in my black car
"mustassani autossani" would be wrong
the adjectif must be in the same case as the following noun:
musta auto = black car
mustassa autossa = in a black car
mustaan autoon = into a black car
mustasta autosta = from a black car
mustalla autolla = by a black car
You do not put the possesive suffix on the adjectif,you put it on the noun only :
mustasta autostani ( not "mustastani autostani" ) = from my black car
You can also put the possesive suffix on postpositions and some verb forms :
"takana" ( behind ) is a postposition. ( Finnish has both prepositions and postpositions! )
(minun) takanani = behind me
(sinun) takanasi = behind you
Ah, I think some of this is starting to make some sense.... although I may have to dust off some of the lesser-used grammar knowlege stored somewhere in the back of my brain sometime....
....and I had another question earlier, but I can't remember it now.... ergh.... (i guess that might be because it's 3:30 in the morning)....
....and I had another question earlier, but I can't remember it now.... ergh.... (i guess that might be because it's 3:30 in the morning)....
If only I was better at the things I attempted...
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And then for the interrogative...kalmisto wrote: (minun) takanani = behind me
(sinun) takanasi = behind you
Takanasi on karhu. (behind you is a bear)
Takananiko? (behind me?) can think of it as: behind-me-eh?
then you can have fun with -ko and -han
-ko is either a question or a Finnish version of indirect question.
on niin (it is so)
onko niin (is it so)
onkohan niin (is it so, I wonder)
olisikohan niin (might it be so, I wonder)
olisikohankin niin (if it were so after all)
or a few others
hän tuli (s/he came)
hänkin tuli (s/he also came)
hänkään ei tullut (s/he didn't come either)
now the fun with -ko
hänkö tuli (it was *s/he* who came?)
hänkinkö tuli? (it was also *s/he* who came?)
hänkäänkö ei tullut? ( *s/he* didn't come either)
so lets have some fun:
please translate:
olisikohanko hänkään tullutkaan?
Cheers, Hank W.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.