-nta
See also: nta, NTA, and -ntä
Finnish
Suffix
-nta (front vowel harmony variant -ntä)
- Forms nouns that describe an action.
- toimia (“to act”) → toiminta (“action”)
- ampua (“to shoot”) → ammunta (“shooting”)
- lääkitä (“to medicate”) → lääkintä (“medication”)
Declension
| Inflection of -nta (Kotus type 9/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -nta | -nnat | |
| genitive | -nnan | -ntojen | |
| partitive | -ntaa | -ntoja | |
| illative | -ntaan | -ntoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | -nta | -nnat | |
| accusative | nom. | -nta | -nnat |
| gen. | -nnan | ||
| genitive | -nnan | -ntojen -ntainrare | |
| partitive | -ntaa | -ntoja | |
| inessive | -nnassa | -nnoissa | |
| elative | -nnasta | -nnoista | |
| illative | -ntaan | -ntoihin | |
| adessive | -nnalla | -nnoilla | |
| ablative | -nnalta | -nnoilta | |
| allative | -nnalle | -nnoille | |
| essive | -ntana | -ntoina | |
| translative | -nnaksi | -nnoiksi | |
| instructive | — | -nnoin | |
| abessive | -nnatta | -nnoitta | |
| comitative | — | -ntoineen | |
Derived terms
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Suffix
-nta (front vowel harmony variant -ntä)
- (dialectal, nonstandard) Forms the exessive case.
- erota presidentintä ― to resign from being a president
Usage notes
- The exessive case is not part of the standard language and is only found in dialects.
- The suffix is appended to the same stem as the ablative suffixes.
Pitjantjatjara
Pronoun
-nta (second person singular accusative, bound form of nyuntunya)
- you (singular, object)
Usage notes
Bound pronouns can be used instead of the regular "long form" pronouns. They act as clitics that attach to the last word of the first noun phrase in the sentence, or the conjunctions ka or munu if present.