preesens
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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