Taivutuksissa

Taivutuksissa is a Finnish term referring to the inflectional forms of words. In Finnish grammar, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numerals change their endings to indicate grammatical function such as case, number, and possession. This process is known as taivutus.

Finnish is a highly inflected language, meaning that words change their forms significantly. For example, a noun might have 15 different case endings. These cases include nominative, genitive, partitive, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, instructive, abessive, and comitative. The number can be singular or plural. Possession is indicated by possessive suffixes.

Verbs are also inflected in Finnish, changing their endings to show tense, mood, voice, and person. Tense can be present or past. Moods include indicative, conditional, and imperative. Finnish verbs do not typically show person through their endings in the same way that many Indo-European languages do.

Adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number. Pronouns also inflect for case and number. The complexity of taivutus is a defining characteristic of the Finnish language and can be a challenge for learners. Understanding taivutus is crucial for comprehending and producing grammatically correct Finnish.