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Augh. Why does Finnish grammar have to be so insane?
Nominatiivi: Kissa = Cat (Se on kissa = It is a cat)
Genetiivi: Kissan = Cat's
Partitiivi: Kissaa = Cat (En nähnyt kissaa = I didn't see a cat)
Essiivi: Kissana = As a cat
Translatiivi: Kissaksi = Into a cat (Se muuttui kissaksi = It turned into a cat)
Inessiivi: Kissassa = In/inside a cat (Se on kissassa = It's inside a cat)
Elatiivi: Kissasta = From a cat (inside)
Illatiivi: Kissaan = Inside/into/in a cat (Se meni kissaan = It went inside a cat)
Adessiivi: Kissalla = On a cat, [something] that cat has
Ablatiivi: Kissalta = From a cat (on top)
Allatiivi: Kissalle = To a cat
Abessiivi: Kissatta = Without a cat
Instruktiivi: Kissoin = With cats (Doing something with cats, with the aid of cats)
Komitatiivi: Kissoineen = With his/her/it's cats
And I probably made many errors and I have to learn all of this, like most people in Finland, and I've always been very bad with those kind of things :/
Though I've heard that they have more word forms like that in Estonian and Hungarian, both of which are, surprise surprise, in the same language family as Finnish.
But wait! There's moar!
Hukkua = Drown
Hukkunet = You might drown
Hukkumaisillaan = About to drown
Hukkuessaan = While drowning
Hukkuneina = As persons who have drown
All I'm saying is that am I ever so happy that I don't have to learn a Finno-Ugric language as a foreign language. Also, screw my grammar exam.
Nominatiivi: Kissa = Cat (Se on kissa = It is a cat)
Genetiivi: Kissan = Cat's
Partitiivi: Kissaa = Cat (En nähnyt kissaa = I didn't see a cat)
Essiivi: Kissana = As a cat
Translatiivi: Kissaksi = Into a cat (Se muuttui kissaksi = It turned into a cat)
Inessiivi: Kissassa = In/inside a cat (Se on kissassa = It's inside a cat)
Elatiivi: Kissasta = From a cat (inside)
Illatiivi: Kissaan = Inside/into/in a cat (Se meni kissaan = It went inside a cat)
Adessiivi: Kissalla = On a cat, [something] that cat has
Ablatiivi: Kissalta = From a cat (on top)
Allatiivi: Kissalle = To a cat
Abessiivi: Kissatta = Without a cat
Instruktiivi: Kissoin = With cats (Doing something with cats, with the aid of cats)
Komitatiivi: Kissoineen = With his/her/it's cats
And I probably made many errors and I have to learn all of this, like most people in Finland, and I've always been very bad with those kind of things :/
Though I've heard that they have more word forms like that in Estonian and Hungarian, both of which are, surprise surprise, in the same language family as Finnish.
But wait! There's moar!
Hukkua = Drown
Hukkunet = You might drown
Hukkumaisillaan = About to drown
Hukkuessaan = While drowning
Hukkuneina = As persons who have drown
All I'm saying is that am I ever so happy that I don't have to learn a Finno-Ugric language as a foreign language. Also, screw my grammar exam.