FINNISH CASE SYSTEM

FINNISH CASE SYSTEM15 GRAMMATICAL CASES, CORRESPOND TO PREPOSITIONS

SAUNANOMINATIVE: SAUNA, SAUNAT (PL.) = THE BASIC FORM, THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCEGENITIVE: SAUNA + -N SAUNAN = OF A SAUNA; SAUNASESSIVE: SAUNA + -NA SAUNANA = AS A SAUNAABESSIVE: SAUNA + -TTA SAUNATTA = WITHOUT A SAUNACOMITATIVE: SAUNA + - INEEN SAUNOINEEN = WITH ONES SAUNA(S)

INNER LOCATIONINNESSIVE: SAUNA + -SSA SAUNASSA = IN THE SAUNAELATIVE: SAUNA + -STA SAUNASTA = FROM THE SAUNAILLATIVE: SAUNA + VV + N SAUNAAN = TO THE SAUNA

OUTER LOCATIONADESSIVE: SAUNA + -LLA SAUNALLA = ON OR AT A SAUNA, (CLOSE) BY A SAUNAABBLATIVE: SAUNA + -LTA SAUNALTA = FROM A SAUNAALLATIVE: SAUNA + -LLE SAUNALLE = TO THE SAUNA

PARTITIVE

SAUNAAUSED IN GREETINGSAS PLURAL WITH NUMBERS > 1 (2 SAUNAA)SOMETHING UNDEFINEDA CONTINUING PROCESS OF DOING SOMETHINGWITH CERTAIN VERBS

TRANSLATIVESAUNAKSI-KSIINDICATES EITHER TRANSLATION (WHEN TALKING ABOUT LANGUAGES) OR TRANSFORMATION (INTO SOMETHING)AUTO MUUTTUU AURINGOSSA SAUNAKSI. (IN THE SUN, THE CAR TURNS INTO A SAUNA.)

INSTRUCTIVESAUNOIN-INWITH (THE AID OF) SAUNA

ACCUSATIVESAUNANLOOKS LIKE GENITIVE BUT HAS A DIFFERENT MEANINGTHE OBJECT IN SINGULAR: RAKENNAN SAUNAN. (ILL BUILD A SAUNA.) TILAAN KAHVIN. (ILL ORDER ONE COFFEE.)