【芬兰语语法】§20.1 IHMINEN NOMINALS

 The most important sub-group of these nominals is made up of those ending

in -nen, the type ihminen ‘person’.

The inflectional stem often ends in the vowel -e, and the final consonant

of the basic form alternates with other sounds.

The partitive singular is generally formed with the ending -ta ~ -tä,

which is attached directly to the basic form (cf. §19).

Consonant gradation affects the basic form and the partitive

singular.

The final vowel of the inflectional stem (usually -e) changes before

the plural -i-.

In ihminen nominals -nen changes to -se- in the inflectional stem; the

partitive singular is formed from the inflectional stem with the final -e

dropped.

The declension of nominals 51

Inflectional stem followed by:

Basic Case Partitive Plural Possessive

form (except suffix

part. sing.)

ihminen person ihmise/n ihmis/tä ihmis/i/ssä ihmise/ni

nainen woman naise/n nais/ta nais/i/ssa naise/ni

yleinen general yleise/n yleis/tä yleis/i/ssä –

hevonen horse hevose/n hevos/ta hevos/i/ssa hevose/ni

punainen red punaise/n punais/ta punais/i/ssa –

toinen another toise/n tois/ta tois/i/ssa –

jokainen every jokaise/n jokais/ta