Who doesn't love Finnish demonstrative pronouns? I already have posts about the singular demonstrative pronouns:
This post is about the plural demonstrative pronouns nämä, nuo and ne - these, those and they.
Here's a little table with nämä, nuo and ne in nominative, partitive, genitive and local cases. I've noticed that very often students use nuo when they should use ne.
nämä (these)
|
nuo (those)
|
ne (them)
|
näitä
|
noita
|
niitä
|
näiden
|
noiden
|
niiden
|
näissä
|
noissa
|
niissä
|
näistä
|
noista
|
niistä
|
näihin
|
noihin
|
niihin
|
näillä
|
noilla
|
niillä
|
näiltä
|
noilta
|
niiltä
|
näille
|
noille
|
niille
|
Nämä - These
Nuo - Those (that you can point at)
- Mitä noissa laatikoissa on? - What's in those boxes?
- Mä en kestä noita! - I cannot stand those guys.
- Mä käyn sanomassa noille, että me tullaan pian. - I'm going to go and tell those guys that we're coming soon.
Ne - They, the, them or those
(something that you cannot see right now, or that are close to the person you are talking to) In colloquial Finnish, we often say ne instead of he.
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