【芬兰语语法】§23.6 LÄMMET/Ä VERBS

 Infinitives ending in -et/a, -et/ä like lämmet/ä ‘get warm’ also form their

inflectional stem in a different way (cf. §23.2).

Infinitive First person sing. Third person sing.

+lämmet/ä get warm lämpene/n I get warm lämpene/e he gets

warm

vanhet/a grow old vanhene/n vanhene/e

+paet/a flee pakene/n pakene/e

+kalvet/a turn pale kalpene/n kalpene/e

laajet/a grow wider laajene/n laajene/e

The inflectional stem of tarvit/a verbs is formed by adding -se- to the

infinitive stem.

In lämmet/ä verbs the -t- of the infinitive stem changes to -ne- in the

inflectional stem.

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• Singular and plural

• The verb olla ‘(to) be’

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