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Illative

The Illative (illatiivi) case is part of the internal locative cases. It typically corresponds to the “into” preposition in English, and usually refers to a change or observation of “something going from outside to inside”. In Finnish it is indicated by the -Vn suffix, where the V is a vowel followed by an -n.

Concept

  • When something is going to and into something else.
  • When phrasing or expressing time.

Usage

When going to and into something

When phrasing or expressing time

Formation

When words end in a single vowel

When word stem ends with 2 same vowels

When word stem ends with 2 different vowels

When words are 1 syllable and end in 2 vowels

When words end in -nen

New Finnish words

Old Finnish words

Old Finnish words ending in -si