preesens
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin praesens, present participle of praesum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]preesens
Usage notes
[edit]The preesens tense of Finnish is normally translated into English with either simple present or present continuous.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of preesens (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | preesens | preesensit | |
genitive | preesensin | preesensien | |
partitive | preesensiä | preesensejä | |
illative | preesensiin | preesenseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | preesens | preesensit | |
accusative | nom. | preesens | preesensit |
gen. | preesensin | ||
genitive | preesensin | preesensien | |
partitive | preesensiä | preesensejä | |
inessive | preesensissä | preesenseissä | |
elative | preesensistä | preesenseistä | |
illative | preesensiin | preesenseihin | |
adessive | preesensillä | preesenseillä | |
ablative | preesensiltä | preesenseiltä | |
allative | preesensille | preesenseille | |
essive | preesensinä | preesenseinä | |
translative | preesensiksi | preesenseiksi | |
abessive | preesensittä | preesenseittä | |
instructive | — | preesensein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- kestämä (dated)
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “preesens”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03