Case endings in spoken Finnish
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The final vowels of certain case endings are often dropped, or in the case of partitive, changed.
- Partitive: If the partitive has a vowel before the partitive ending -a/-ä, a long vowel is formed.
Talo -> taloa -> taloo (house)
- Plural: taloja -> taloi
Hyöty -> hyötyä -> hyötyy (benefit)
- Plural: hyötyjä -> hyötyi
Pullo -> pulloa -> pulloo (bottle)
- Plural: pulloja -> pulloi
Kylvö -> kylvöä -> kylvöö (sowing)
Matti -> Mattia -> Mattii (Matti)
- Translative: The final i is dropped.
Talo -> taloksi -> taloks (house)
- Inessive: The final a, and sometimes also the final -sa is dropped (the difference is heard if the first sound in the next word is a vowel).
Talo -> talossa -> taloss / talos
- Elative: The final a is dropped.
Talo -> talosta -> talost
- Adessive: The final a and sometimes also the final -la is dropped (the difference is heard if the first sound in the next word is a vowel).
Talo -> talolla -> taloll / talol
- Ablative: The final a is dropped.
Talo -> talolta -> talolt
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