【芬兰语语法】§34.1 GENITIVE SINGULAR

 The genitive singular ending is always -n, which is added to the inflectional

stem. As the genitive ending consists of only one consonant, it usually causes

consonant gradation (weak grade) in the inflectional stem (§15). This does

not apply to nominals ending in -e (§19), nor to some ending in a consonant

(§20), wher the basic form and the partitive singular take the weak grade

and other cases the strong grade.

Basic form Genitive Cf. §

Rauno (masculine name) Rauno/n –

puu tree, wood puu/n –

Suvikki (feminine name) Suviki/n –

Kaisu (feminine name) Kaisu/n –

The genitive singular ending is -n, which is added to the inflectional

stem.

92 Finnish: An Essential Grammar

Basic form Genitive Cf. §

teltta ` tent telta/n –

tunti hour tunni/n –

onni luck onne/n 18.2

Suomi Finland Suome/n 18.2

saari island saare/n 18.3

tuli fire tule/n 18.3

käsi hand käde/n 18.4

varsi handle varre/n 18.4

laite appliance laittee/n 19

kone machine konee/n 19

Järvinen (surname) Järvise/n 20.1

toinen other toise/n 20.1

teos work teokse/n 20.2

tehdas factory tehtaa/n 20.3

taivas heaven, sky taivaa/n 20.3

rakkaus love rakkaude/n 20.4

puhelin telephone puhelime/n 20.5

isätön fatherless isättömä/n 20.6

sävel tune sävele/n 20.7

mies man miehe/n 20.8

kevät spring kevää/n 20.8

If the genitive singular of nominals is known, the inflectional stem can

always be found by removing the -n ending. Most other case forms are

formed by adding the necessary number and case endings to this stem