epäfiniittisillä
Epäfiniittisillä is a Finnish term that translates to "non-finite" in English, primarily used in grammatical contexts. It refers to verb forms that do not indicate a specific subject, tense, or mood, unlike finite verbs. These non-finite forms function more like nouns, adjectives, or adverbs within a sentence.
The most common non-finite verb forms in Finnish are participles and infinitives. Participles (like the active
These non-finite constructions are crucial for creating complex sentence structures in Finnish, allowing for the expression