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Old 03-28-2006, 10:57 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Koira = dog

if you say "my dog", you just add -ni

Koirani.

Koiraani is the same word in partitive case. you usually just add -a- in the end/before the personal suffix.

Same with talo.

talo=house
taloni=my house
taloani=my house (partitive)

there are some exceptions, though, like the words ending with e.

vene=boat
veneeni=my boat
venettäni=my boat (partitive)

sade=rain
sateeni=my rain (gradation!)
sadettani=my rain (partitive)

kone=machine
koneeni=my machine
konettani=my machine (partitive)
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