Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Talking about having questions in Finnish

Here's how to say that you have a question or questions. Notice that you can use three different endings!


Singular partitive:


  • Minulla on pari kysymystä. - I have a couple of questions.
  • Minulla on monta kysymystä. - I have many questions.

Plural partitive:


  • Minulla on paljon kysymyksiä. - I have a lot of questions.
  • Minulla on muutamia kysymyksiä. - I have a few questions.
  • Minulla on joitain kysymyksiä. - I have some questions.


Sometimes it's ok to use singular nominative: 


  • Minulla on muutama kysymys. - I have a few questions. (Yes, very strangely, this means exactly the same as muutamia kysymyksiä.)
  • Minulla on vain yksi kysymys. - I have only one question.

Onko jotain kysyttävää?





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