Extremely simplified grammar - Erittäin yksinkertaistettu kielioppi

to have

The subject with a -lla/-llä ending + "on" (the 3rd person singular of the verb "to be"). I have > minulla on, you have > sinulla on, she has > hänellä on etc.

What else is there to learn?

A lot! Noun cases, conjugations of verbs in other tenses, consonant gradation, relative and demonstrative pronouns, post positions etc... Study hard and you will be fine!;)

type 3 verbs

The infinitive marker can be –la/–lä; -(s)ta/-(s)tä or –na/–nä. Remove the infinitive marker and add -e before the personal ending. The 3rd person singular gets -ee at the end!

continuous form

No continuous form. The present tense is used for present continuous.

How many noun cases are there in Finnish?

15. These cases are nominative, genitive, accusative, partitive, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, essive, translative, instructive, abessive, and comicative. We won't go through them on this lesson:)

type 4 verbs

The infinitive marker is -a/-ä; the -t before it changes into a/ä before personal ending. The 3rd person singular gets -aa/-ää at the end.

negative forms of verbs

There is a negative word for each person, and it has the personal ending so the verb has none. The form of the verb is taken from the 1st person singular by removing the personal ending - for instance, minä puhun -> minä en puhu.