ABSTRACT
Imperative second p. sing. mene pois [meneppois] go away ole hiljaa [olehhiljaa] be quiet tule tänne [tulettänne] come here
Nominative in -e vene tuli [venettuli] the boat came venekin [venekkin] the boat, too liikemies [liikemmies] businessman
Pres. indic. negative en tule Turkuun [entuletturkuun] I’m not coming to Turku
emme tulekaan [emmetulekkaan] We’re not coming after all
en ole sairas [enolessairas] I am not ill
First infinitive haluan olla täällä [haluanollattäällä] I want to be here
haluan lähteä pois [haluanlähteäppois] I want to go away
§7 SHORT AND LONG SOUNDS The difference between short and long sounds is used very widely in Finnish to distinguish different words. Long sounds can occur in almost any position in a word, and there are few restrictions on permissible combinations of long and short sounds. This is clear from the following examples.
