【芬兰语语法】§10 STRESS AND INTONATION

 Finnish word stress follows this important rule:

Vowels elsewher than in the first syllable therefore do not receive main

stress. The main stress also falls on the first syllable in loan words which may

have been stressed differently in the original language. Examples:

Hélsinkiin to Helsinki vápaa free vóida (to) be able

jókainen every máalaan I paint áatteellisuus idealism

élefantti elephant límonaati lemonade psýkologi psychologist

psýkologia psychology búlevardi boulevard

Finnish sentence intonation is generally falling, but the first syllable of the

final word of a sentence can nevertheless be pronounced with a rising

intonation without the word being given a strong stress. In the following

examples the intonation contour is shown above the sentence.

The main stress is always on the first syllable of the word.

Tomorrow Pekka is going to

Helsinki.

In the evening I’m going dancing

at a restaurant.

16 Finnish: An Essential Grammar

When a word needs to be given particularly strong emphasis this is done by

means of intonation. In addition, such a word is often moved to the beginning

of the sentence.