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1. NOUNS

1.1. Personal pronouns

BASIC FORM
minä      I
sinä       you
hän        he, she
se          it
me         we
te           you (plural and formal)
he          they

It is very common in Finland to address people informally, using sinä-form especially between young people, even when they have not met before.


GENITIVE FORM
minun     my, mine
sinun      your, yours
hänen     her, hers, his
meidän   our, ours
teidän     your, yours
heidän    their, theirs
 
Note
There are no possessive pronouns in Finnish, so e.g. minun means both my and mine.

Possessive suffixes
In the standard written Finnish possessive suffixes are used with or without the genitive form of the personal pronouns.
Each person has its own personal suffix except for the 3rd person singular and plural which have the same suffixe.

(minun) kirjani          my book
(sinun) kirjasi           your book
hänen kirjansa         her/his book
(meidän) kirjamme   our book
(teidän) kirjanne      your book
heidän kirjansa       their book

In everyday spoken Finnish possessive suffixes are dropped.
minun kirja              my book


PARTITIVE FORM
basic form     partitive form
minä              minua
sinä               sinua
hän               häntä
me                meitä
te                  teitä  
he                 heitä    

Note
The partitive case has no direct equivalent in English language. Check the partitive section to find out when to use the partitive forms of the personal pronouns.


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