This form is derived by adding the instructive ending -n to the infinitive stem
arrived at according to the basic rule (§75.1), e.g. sano/e/n ‘saying’, naura/e/
n ‘laughing’, hymyil/le/n ‘smiling’, huomat/e/n ‘noticing’. This structure
mainly indicates manner, and most commonly occurs in a number of fixed
expressions.
Lapsi tuli itki/e/n kotiin. The child came home crying.
He astuivat naura/e/n sisään ovesta. They stepped in through the door
laughing.
Kyllä sinne kävel/le/n/kin pääsee. One can also get there on foot
(‘walking’) all right.
kaikesta päättä/e/n by all accounts (‘deciding from
everything’)
illan tul/le/n in the evening/when the evening
comes
Kalle nauroi kaikkien näh/de/n. Kalle laughed in full view of
everybody (‘everybody seeing’).
näin ol/le/n this being the case (‘so being’)
