【芬兰语语法】18.3 KIELI NOMINALS

 Kieli type nominals only differ from the kivi type in the partitive singular,

wher the -e- of the inflectional stem is dropped. Compare §18.2 and note the

partitive singular.

Inflectional stem followed by:

Basic form Case Plural Poss. Suffix

kieli language kiele/n kiel/i/ssä kiele/ni

veri blood vere/n ver/i/ssä vere/ni

meri sea mere/n mer/i/ssä mere/ni

tuli fire tule/n tul/i/ssa tule/ni

tuuli wind tuule/n tuul/i/ssa tuule/ni

ääni sound ääne/n ään/i/ssä ääne/ni

lumi snow lume/n lum/i/ssa lume/ni

uni dream une/n un/i/ssa une/ni

nuori young nuore/n nuor/i/ssa –

suuri great suure/n suur/i/ssa –

pieni small piene/n pien/i/ssä –

lapsi child lapse/n laps/i/ssa lapse/ni

Nominals with an inflectional stem ending in short -e have a basic form

ending in short -i.

48 Finnish: An Essential Grammar

Inflectional stem followed by:

Basic Case (except partitive)

form Partitive

kieli language kiele/n kiel/tä

veri blood vere/n ver/ta (Note: -ta)

meri sea mere/n mer/ta (Note: -ta)

tuli fire tule/n tul/ta

tuuli wind tuule/n tuul/ta

ääni sound ääne/n ään/tä

lumi snow lume/n lun/ta (Note: m ? n)

pieni small piene/n pien/tä

The -e of the inflectional stem is dropped before the partitive singular ending

only when it is preceded by certain consonants. The following rule holds: