Finnish Grammar

The Finnish grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Finnish and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: ja	Under: alle
Before: ennen	After: jälkeen
Inside: sisällä	Outside: ulkona
With: kanssa	But: mutta
For: varten	From: alkaen
To: -aan, -ään	In: - ssa; -ssä

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: mitä?	Who?: kuka?
How?: miten?	Why?: miksi?
Where?: missä?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: ei koskaan	Rarely: harvoin
Sometimes: joskus	Usually: yleensä
Always: aina	Very: oikein/hyvin

Most commonly used pronouns in Finnish:

I: minä	You: sinä, te
He: hän	She: hän
We: me	They: he

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: minun	Your: sinun, teidän
His: hänen	Her: hänen
Our: meidän	Their: heidän

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: puhun englantia

You speak French: puhut ranskaa

He speaks German: hän puhuu saksaa

She speaks Italian: hän puhuu italiaa

I visited France: kävin ranskassa

I will drink milk: juon maitoa

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: ymmärrän sinua

I don't understand you: en ymmärrä sinua

I don't speak French: en puhu ranskaa

This is my house: tämä on minun taloni

That restaurant is far: tuo ravintola on kaukana

No problem: ei ongelmaa

The above Finnish grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Finnish vocabulary to obtain some popular Finnish phrases.