It is r

MIHIN?
m
gra e!
tim
m a
MINNE?
L AT IV E
IL

Suome+en Illative is a case that

usually translates

as to or into.

to Finland

You also use illative

with some verbs, Minu+un sattuu
such as
SATTUA.

"to me hurts"

Olen
rakastunut Are you in love?
Say it with the illative!

sinu+un. In Finnish, you are in love

"to someone", not
"with someone".
ILLATIVE FORMS OF THE
PERSONAL PRONOUNS

minä minu+un
sinä sinu+un
hän häne+en
me mei+hin
te tei+hin
he hei+hin
 MIHIN FO RMING
T E! e, V .
g l
NO pa owe
t
s
hi or v
f THE
SATTUU?
On ds VE
st
an

I L LA TI

Finnish has a lot of cases. So, it is cruel to give one case

three different endings. This is, however, what has
happened with illative. Let's take a look.

WORDS HAVE
STEMS

-hVn Strong stem:

KAUPPA+A
This is the ending for short words. Weak stem:
KAUPA+N
Replace V with the last vowel of the stem.

MAA+HAN to Earth/to country

SUU+HUN to mouth
-Vn

This is the ending of words that end with a

HAMMAS vowel and are more than one syllable long. Add

the ending in the strong stem.
VARVAS

KAUPPA+AN to store
KOULU+UN to school
-seen

This is the ending of words that end in S. Take

the genitive stem and and this.

HAMPAA+SEEN to tooth Confused?

VARPAA+SEEN to toe Make sure you know
these:
CASES
WORD STEMS

Replace V with the

last vowel of the
stem!

KAUPPA+AN
MAA+HAN