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=== Prepositional Endings on Nouns === | === Prepositional Endings on Nouns === | ||
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Ending Basic Meaning Example Translation -a, -ä, -ta, -t of, some suku | ! Ending !! Basic Meaning !! Example !! Translation | ||
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| -a, -ä, -ta, -t || of, some || suku » sukua || family » of a family | |||
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| -in || by means of, with || oma käsi » omin käsin || one’s own hands » with one’s own hands | |||
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| -ine + a possessive ending <br>(see [[#Possessive Endings|Table 1]]) || together with || lapsi » lapsinensa or lapsineen || child » together with his (her or their) children | |||
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| -ksi || changed into, become || vaimo » otti vaimoksi || wife » took for a wife or became a wife | |||
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| -lla, -llä || at, by, in || Tampere » Tampereella || Tampere » in (at) Tampere | |||
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| -lle || to || Tampere » Tampereelle || Tampere » to Tampere | |||
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| -lta, -ltä || from || Tampere » Tampereelta || Tampere » from Tampere | |||
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| -n || of || talo » talon väki || house » people of the house | |||
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| -na, -nä || as || lapsi » lapsena || child » as a child | |||
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| -ssa, -ssä || in || Helsinki » Helsingissä || Helsinki » in Helsinki | |||
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| double vowel + n || into || Helsinki » Helsinkiin || Helsinki » into Helsinki | |||
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| -sta, -stä || from || Helsinki » Helsingistä || Helsinki » from Helsinki | |||
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=== Other Word Endings === | === Other Word Endings === | ||