sanaliitteiden
Sanaliitteet are a category of Finnish grammar elements that attach to a base word and behave like part of the word rather than as separate words. They are clitic or clitic-like particles that add nuance, mood, or function to the word they attach to, without forming a new lexical item. Sanaliitteet can attach to nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs and are an integral part of the word’s morphology in many contexts.
Common types and examples include ko/kö, a question particle that forms a yes/no question when appended to
Function and placement are relatively constrained: sanaliitteet typically occur directly after the word they modify and
In linguistic descriptions, sanaliitteet are discussed as part of Finnish liitteet and clitic phenomena, illustrating how