yleiskielioppikirjat

Yleiskielioppikirjat are textbooks used in Finnish education that present the general grammar of the Finnish language in a systematic way. They are designed for broad audiences—primary and secondary school students, adult learners, and people studying Finnish as a second language.

Typical contents include parts of speech (nominals, verbs, adjectives, pronouns), inflection and morphology (cases, tense, mood, voice), sentence structure (types of clauses, word order), punctuation rules, and orthography. They provide explanations, models, and numerous exercises, with examples drawn from contemporary usage. They may be organized into chapters by grammar topics, with summaries, glossaries, and answer keys. Teacher's editions and digital components are common.

In line with Finnish education, yleiskielioppikirjat reflect a balance between prescriptive conventions and descriptive description, aligning with the national core curriculum. Over time editions have incorporated communicative approaches and corpus-informed usage, and many are available in print and digital formats, with versions for learners of Finnish as a second language and for native speakers.

Publishers include both state-supported and commercial publishers; in Finland there is a long tradition of language education publishing, with textbooks updated regularly to reflect orthographic changes and curricular guidelines. The term is used to refer to the broader category of grammar-focused school texts and is an important component of structured language instruction in Finnish education.