- Haluanko (mina) mehua?
- Juo teeta!
- Mika tama on?
- Tama on kirja.
- Missa kirja on?
- Missa kahvi on?
- Kuka Tuomari Brown on?
- Han on amerikkalainen diplomaattii.
- Kuka tarvitsee kupit tana iltana?
- Mita (partitive case) Tuomari Brown
SYOO? - Kenet (objective case) (sina) tarvitset
tana iltana?
"Do I want (some) juice?"
"Drink tea! " (familiar sg.)
"What is this?"
"This is a book."
"Where is the book?"
"Where is the coffee?"
"Who is Judge Brown?"
"He is an American diplomat."
"Who needs the cups this evening?"
"What does Judge Brown eat?""Who(m) do you need tonight?"Questions
A. How is person marked in Finnish? That is, by what means are first person (I),
second person (you), and so forth, marked?B. Compare and contrast the formation of Finnish yes/no questions with the
formation of English yeslno questions. Finnish yeslno questions have the same
intonation patterns as Finnish declarative sentences. Both have a slight fall in
intonation at the end of the sentence.