englanti

See also: Englanti

Finnish

(index en)

See Englanti.

IPA^(key): /ˈeŋːlɑnti/, [ˈe̞ŋːlɑnt̪i]

englanti

In a simple question such as what is your mother tongue where the verb is the auxiliary olla (“to be”) the answer is in the nominative case.
- Mikä on sinun äidinkielesi?
  - Englanti. (Context distinguishes the meaning to be the language English and not the country England)
In a question Do you speak [a language]? (and in the answer to it), the name of the language is in partitive case because the verb of action (speaking) is irresultative.
- Puhutteko englantia?
  - Do you speak English?
- Puhun englantia vain vähän, mutta saksani on erinomaista.
  - I speak English only a little, but my German is excellent. (Note: saksani is nominative and not partitive because of the auxiliary verb olla)
The expression in [a language] is translated with translative case:
- Miten tämä sanotaan suomeksi?
  - How do you say this in Finnish?
The adjectives indicating the language of a text or speech are formed by putting the name of the language in genitive case and adding -kielinen:
- Onko teillä englanninkielisiä sanomalehtiä?
  - Do you have any English-language newspapers?

Inflection of englanti (Kotus type 5/risti, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		englanti	englannit
genitive		englannin	englantien
partitive		englantia	englanteja
illative		englantiin	englanteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		englanti	englannit
accusative	nom.	englanti	englannit
accusative	gen.	englannin	englannit
genitive		englannin	englantien
partitive		englantia	englanteja
inessive		englannissa	englanneissa
elative		englannista	englanneista
illative		englantiin	englanteihin
adessive		englannilla	englanneilla
ablative		englannilta	englanneilta
allative		englannille	englanneille
essive		englantina	englanteina
translative		englanniksi	englanneiksi
instructive		—	englannein
abessive		englannitta	englanneitta
comitative		—	englanteineen