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Todellisuus => Off-topic keskustelu => Aiheen aloitti: Schmeichel20 - Tammikuu 19, 2013, 12:30:33
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How do I add the suffix '-ssa' in equal to the preps in English? Can someone give me some examples?
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a house = talo
someone = joku
it = se
car = auto
something = jokin
Someone's in a house = Joku on talossa
It's in the car = Se on autossa
Something's wrong with you = Sinussa on jokin vialla (literally: Something's wrong within you)
If you need help with the language more often, I'll gladly offer my assistance. I'm somewhat fluent in English, possess some really basic conversational skills in a number of languages (including Mandarin), and would be thrilled to see if I could at least partially teach our language to a non-native speaker.
Though some sort of instantaneous chat would be faster than a thread on an internet forum, so if you want quick answers, something like that would be most convenient. GFW should pose no problem, since I even have an account on Tencent QQ.
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太好了！你竟然有qq
i believe you can read :P but if not it means 'So nice, you've got a qq account'.
so mine is 996961070 and it would be great for you to friend me. although i don't expect you to be online XD
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Added you, though I had trouble with your validation question at first. Wondered who the hell is Ling Meng :D
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How do I add the suffix '-ssa' in equal to the preps in English? Can someone give me some examples?
Luultavasti Selleri on jo ehtinyt pitemmälle, mutta... huvin vuoksi:
Using the Finnish inessive suffix -ssa/-ssä can be tricky for a beginner, since it triggers the so-called consonant gradation (astevaihtelu) within the preceeding word stem. Further stem changes occur often (but not always) if the final sound of the word is e, i, l, n, r, s or t.
When there is no gradation, adding the suffix is relatively simple. Just mind the vowel harmony (vokaalisointu):
• sana : sanassa
• puro : purossa
• kehä : kehässä
• syy : syyssä
Etymologically old words ending with i undergo an -i > -e- stem change:
• meri : meressä
Etymologically younger words do not:
• siili : siilissä
• banaani : banaanissa
Etymologically old words ending with l or r take an additional -e- to connect the ending, since -ssa/-ssä can never be added to a word-final consonant:
• kyynel : kyynelessä
Etymologically old words ending with n or t have belonged to the same group at some point, but in modern Finnish, additional changes take place. t disappears in the process, while n gets replaced with m:
• kevyt : kevyessä
• avain : avaimessa
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...Frankly, I had forgotten that Finnish morphology was this complex. I still have not reached the consonant gradation.
Schmeichel, if you feel like telling us how you have learned basics of Finnish, I would gladly read that. What kind of materials do you have access to? Have you ever attended any kind of a Finnish language course?
Onnea opintoihin! (opinto + plural -i- + illative -hin.)