-ni
Määritelmät
- First-person singular possessive suffix used with or without minun (the genitive of the personal pronoun minä), corresponding to the English possessive pronoun my
- Appended to a genitive-requiring postposition that is after or without minun (the genitive of the personal pronoun minä), me
- Used in a participle structure replacing an että clause, preceded by a verb expressing, e.g., telling, claiming, asserting, confirming, thinking, wish, desire, seeming, when the clauses have the same subject "I"; appended to the active present participle in genitive singular when the action is concurrent with the main clause
- Used in a participle structure replacing an että clause, preceded by a verb expressing, e.g., telling, claiming, asserting, confirming, thinking, wish, desire, seeming, when the clauses have the same subject "I"; appended to the active past participle in genitive singular when the said/alleged (etc.) action antedates the main clause.
- Used in a shortened sentence expressing concurrent actions when the clauses have the same subject "I", appended to the inessive of the active second infinitive.
- Used in a shortened sentence expressing subsequent actions when the clauses have the same subject "I", appended to the partitive of the passive past participle singular.
- Used in a final shortened sentence expressing "in order to do" when the clauses have the same subject "I", appended to the long first infinitive.
- Used in some adverbs, when the clause has the subject "I"
- Always appended to a noun in the comitative case when the clause has the subject "I".
Esimerkit
“(minun) kirjani”
my book(s)
“(minun) valaani”
my whale(s) (nominative singular/plural or genitive singular) / my oath (partitive or illative singular)
“(minun) edessäni”
in front of me
“(minun) takanani”
behind me
“Sanoin tekeväni läksyjäni.”
I said that I was doing my homework.
“Väitin tehneeni läksyjäni.”
I claimed to have been doing my homework.
“Tehdessäni läksyjäni (minä) kuulin laukauksen ulkoa.”
(While) doing my homework, I heard a shot from outside.
“Tehtyäni läksyni (minä) kuulin laukauksen ulkoa.”
(After) having done / After doing my homework, I heard a shot from outside.
“Tehdäkseni läksyni hyvin (minä) menin hiljaiseen huoneeseen.”
(In order) to do my homework well, I went into a quiet room.
“Olen hyvin pahoillani siitä.”
I am very sorry about it.
“Kävelin kirjoineni ovesta ulos.”
I walked with my books out the door.
CEFR-taso
C2
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