Adjektiivipäätteen

Adjektiivipäätteen refers to the grammatical ending added to an adjective in Finnish. These endings are crucial for correctly inflecting adjectives according to the noun they modify in terms of case, number, and degree. Finnish adjectives agree with the noun in all these grammatical categories. For example, when modifying a singular noun in the nominative case, the adjective will have a different ending than when modifying a plural noun in the genitive case. The specific ending depends on the noun's declension class and the adjective's own form. There are no fixed rules for adjective endings that apply universally; rather, they are determined by a complex system of agreement. Understanding and correctly applying these adjective endings is essential for fluent and grammatically accurate Finnish. While the concept of adjective endings exists in many languages, the Finnish system is particularly elaborate due to the language's agglutinative nature, where multiple grammatical functions can be expressed through suffixes. Mastery of these endings requires practice and familiarity with Finnish grammar.