päätteiksi

Päätteiksi is a Finnish grammatical term referring to suffixes. These are morphemes added to the end of a word to modify its grammatical function, meaning, or relationship to other words in a sentence. Finnish is a highly agglutinative language, meaning it extensively uses suffixes to convey grammatical information that might be expressed by prepositions, articles, or even separate words in other languages.

There are numerous types of päätteiksi in Finnish, each serving a specific purpose. These include case endings, which indicate the grammatical role of a noun, pronoun, or adjective (e.g., nominative, genitive, partitive, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, essive, translative, instructive, abessive, comitative). Verb conjugations also involve suffixes to denote tense, mood, person, and number. Furthermore, possessive suffixes can be attached to nouns to indicate ownership. The use of päätteiksi is fundamental to Finnish grammar, allowing for complex meanings to be conveyed efficiently within a single word. Understanding these suffixes is crucial for both learning and speaking Finnish correctly.