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Finnish: An Essential Grammar
Fred Karlsson
- 342 pages
- English
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Finnish: An Essential Grammar
Fred Karlsson
About This Book
This thoroughly revised third edition of Finnish: An Essential Grammar is grounded in fundamental insights of modern linguistics and incorporates some of the latest achievements in the description of written and spoken Finnish.
It gives a systematic account of the structures of the written language and offers increased attention to the key characteristics of present-day colloquial Finnish. No prior knowledge is assumed on the part of the reader and grammatical rules are clearly explained without jargon.
Features of this new edition include:
⢠pronunciation guide, including the tendencies in present-day colloquial Finnish
⢠thorough descriptions of morphology (word structure) and syntax (sentence structure)
⢠clear rules and an abundance of concrete examples, from both written and colloquial Finnish
⢠updated vocabulary in the examples
⢠an effective new scheme for detecting the morphological structure of any word form
⢠subject index.
This is the ideal reference source both for those studying Finnish independently and for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types.
Frequently asked questions
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Chapter 1
Introduction
- The relation of Finnish to other languages
- The basic characteristics of Finnish
- What are the special difficulties?
1.1 The relation of Finnish to other languages
1.2 The basic characteristics of Finnish
auto-ssa | in a/the car | (car-in) |
auto-i-ssa | in (the) cars | (car-s-in) |
auto-ssa-si | in your car | (car-in-your) |
auto-si | your car | (car-your) |
auto-kin | a/the car too | (car-too) |
auto-si-kin | your car too | (car-your-too) |
auto-ssa-kin | in a/the car too | (car-in-too) |
auto-i-ssa-kin | in (the) cars too | (car-s-in-too) |
auto-i-ssa-si-kin | in your cars too | (car-s-in-your-too) |
sano-n | I say | (say-I) |
sano-n-han | I do say | (say-I-emphasis) |
sano-i-n | I said | (say-past-I) |
sano-i-n-han | I did say | (say-past-I-emphasis) |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Pronunciation and sound structure
- Chapter 3 Word structure
- Chapter 4 Two important sound alternations
- Chapter 5 The declension of nominals
- Chapter 6 The conjugation of verbs
- Chapter 7 Sentence structure
- Chapter 8 The nominative case and the partitive case
- Chapter 9 The genitive case, total objects and possessive endings
- Chapter 10 The six local cases
- Chapter 11 Other cases
- Chapter 12 Numbers and numerals
- Chapter 13 Pronouns
- Chapter 14 Tenses
- Chapter 15 Moods
- Chapter 16 The passive
- Chapter 17 Infinitives
- Chapter 18 Participles
- Chapter 19 Comparison of adjectives
- Chapter 20 Other word classes and clitics
- Chapter 21 Word formation
- Chapter 22 The colloquial spoken language
- Appendix 1 Detecting word structure
- Appendix 2 Material for studying Finnish as a foreign language
- Index