kääneendingut

Kääneendingut refers to case endings in the Finnish language. Finnish is an agglutinative language, meaning grammatical functions are expressed by adding suffixes, or endings, to a word stem. Case endings are a crucial part of this system, indicating the grammatical role of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a sentence. There are numerous cases in Finnish, each with its own set of endings that vary depending on the word's stem and whether it is singular or plural.

The genitive case, for example, indicates possession or a relationship, and its endings might be -n or -en. The partitive case, used for incomplete actions or objects, has endings like -a, -ä, -ta, or -tä. Other common cases include the nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), inessive (inside), elative (out of), illative (into), adessive (on), ablative (off), allative (onto), essive (as), translative (into), abessive (without), and instructive (by means of). The specific ending attached to a word depends on factors such as vowel harmony and whether the word ends in a consonant or vowel, as well as consonant gradation. Mastering these case endings is essential for understanding and speaking Finnish correctly.