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.. I guess I'd better take a nap.
I've seen 'parasta" used.
Is it incorrect to use 'kannattaa' here?
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Kiitos!

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An idiom the same, or used the same, like this in Finnish?

That is, what one is thankful for?
I am thankful for my cat.
Olen kiitollinen minun kissasta....or not?
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How about hampaita and kasvoja, can you find those in wikisanakirja? :wink: -an is a possessive suffix meaning hers (or his). Have a look at this fascinating page on possessive suffixes . -ma is another suffix, similar to -ing in english, that is then combined with a case ending, here-ssa. You writ...

I thought -minen was -ing and -nsa was his or her. Is what was written spoken Finnish then??? Kasvoja- Yeah, OK. I'm an idiooti. But to be fair, the people who made that 'beginner' video used 'kasvot' for 'face'. Hence my confusion. And yes I am terrible at remembering the names of body parts in oth...

'nainen on harjaamassa hampaitaan' The woman si brushing her teeth/ in the middle of brushing her teeth. she's not done yet. So did harjaa become a verbal noun or something? So 'on harjaamassa' means 'in the brushing'? & I don't know why 'hampai' has -taan at the end. So pls break down 'harjaama...

Hmm, my phone discarded the last paragraph of my post. And cssc, I didn't mean you should post fewer questions, only to point to how your studies could be less confusing and frustrating to you and more productive. Of course I appreciate how difficult it is to find materials to support such a study ...

Ok... I checked wiktionary again. Here's what i have found.... (Pitää kiinni, -lla/llä) (transitive, + elative + kiinni) To hold onto. Minä voin pitää laukustasi kiinni. I can hold onto your bag. Must have been my brain. Even though I'm really right brained, I can be strangely extremely literal whe...

Ota kiinni! - Catch him/it, don't let him get away. Pidän kiinni - I'll hold onto it so it doesn't go anywhere. Pane ikkuna kiinni - Close the window, 'pull it to' where 'to' can be a bit like 'kiinni'. Kauppa menee kiinni - The shop is closing (up), shutting (tight). Jäin kiinni - I got caught (eg...

There's this verb rection in Finnish language where certain verbs take certain endings (cases). Pitää, nautia, tykätä etc are a few examples. Reuna is 'edge'.... I think you should use dictionary for vocabularies :) Kielekkeen -> genetiivi form of kieleke (ok i googled...it's a ledge) I was aware o...

I want to say "Singing makes me happier than anything else." Pretty sure I need to use the translative case here. So how do I say this exactly, using 'iloinen'?
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OK- I do get that. So if I have a sentence like "I hold on with all my strength" is that 'Pidan kaikella minulla vahvuudella(ni)' ?? Or is it still 'minun'? Or is that completely wrong? What about "He took a shortcut". Or does he have to get/travel there by a shortcut for 'oikoti...