#yksikkö

Partitiivi yksikkö

The partitive occurs after numbers (that arent 1), after negative sentences, after certain words, after so called ainesanat, if the amount is undetermined and if an action is irresultative.

The partitive singular is formed in three ways:

if the word ends in a singel vowel or ia, eA: A

(ihanaa, sataa, sotaa)

if the word ends in two vowels or a consonant: tA

(maata, puhelinta, lasta)

if the word ends in e: ttA

(meretta, hernettä, huonetta)

NOTE:A stands for a/ä, depending on Vowel Harmony

NOTE 2: The partitive can be formed with either the nominative form or the stemof the word, you have to learn it with each word

NOTE 3: There are some negative sentences which do nottake the partitive (words that don’t follow in partitive after possessive constructions: nälkä, jano, kiire, kuuma, kylmä, hiki, hyvä/huono olo)