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#13Dialectal Finnish by Gwaur
Dialectal FinnishEnglish

Monep pussieläämet o austraalialaasia, samoin ku monem muukki eläämet.

Many marsupials are Australian, same as many other animals.

DICTIONARY

  • Austraalia – n. Australia
  • eläin – n. animal
  • ku – conj. as, like
  • moni – adj. many, several
  • muu – prn. other
  • olla – v. to be
  • pussieläin – n. marsupial
  • sama – prn. same

GRAMMAR

NOUN/ADJECTIVE/PRONOUN GRAMMAR

An adjective describing a noun is placed before the noun. The adjective must agree with the noun in case and number.

Clitics present in the text:

  • -ki "also, too"
  • -laane DEMONYM
  • -in "with, by means of"

CASES

Two cases are present in the text.

NOMINATIVE

No singular suffix. Plural suffix -t.

In this text, the nominative case only marks subjects.

PARTITIVE

Singular suffix -(t)a or vowel elongation. Plural suffix -ia.

In this text, the partitive marks the predicate.

CONJUGATION SCHEMES

When a word ends in a consonant, an -e- or -i- might be inserted between the consonant and the suffix.

WORDS ENDING IN -Dn (where D is diphthong)

  • Diphthong monophthongizes into a long vowel.
  • -n turns into -m-.

WORDS ENDING IN -ne (that are apocopes from previous -nen)

  • -ne is replaced with -s-.

VERB GRAMMAR

IRREGULAR VERB: olla

singularplural
1oonollaa
2ootootte
3oo

NOTES ON PHONOLOGY

Cluster simplification happens a lot.

Most often a cluster with a plosive followed by any other consonant is simplified into the latter consonant geminated.

Cluster simplification also happens across word boundaries.