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Englanti

Englanti

See also: englanti

Finnish

Proper noun

Englanti

  1. (geography) England (region)
  2. (historical) England, Kingdom of England (kingdom)
  3. (colloquial, ambiguously) Great Britain, United Kingdom (state)

Declension

Inflection of Englanti (Kotus type 5/risti, nt-nn gradation)
nominative Englanti
genitive Englannin
partitive Englantia
illative Englantiin
singular plural
nominative Englanti
accusative nom. Englanti
gen. Englannin
genitive Englannin
partitive Englantia
inessive Englannissa
elative Englannista
illative Englantiin
adessive Englannilla
ablative Englannilta
allative Englannille
essive Englantina
translative Englanniksi
instructive
abessive Englannitta
comitative

Derived terms

See also

englanti

englanti

See also: Englanti

Finnish

(index en)

Noun

englanti

  1. English (language).

Declension

Inflection of englanti (Kotus type 5/risti, nt-nn gradation)
nominative englanti englannit
genitive englannin englantien
partitive englantia englanteja
illative englantiin englanteihin
singular plural
nominative englanti englannit
accusative nom. englanti englannit
gen. englannin
genitive englannin englantien
partitive englantia englanteja
inessive englannissa englanneissa
elative englannista englanneista
illative englantiin englanteihin
adessive englannilla englanneilla
ablative englannilta englanneilta
allative englannille englanneille
essive englantina englanteina
translative englanniksi englanneiksi
instructive englannein
abessive englannitta englanneitta
comitative englanteineen

Synonyms

Related terms

Usage notes

  • In a simple question such as what is your mother tongue where the verb is the auxiliary OLLA (to be) the answer is in the nominative case.
    • Mikä on sinun äidinkielesi?
      • Englanti. (Context distinguishes the meaning to be the language English and not the country England)
  • In a question Do you speak [a language]? (and in the answer to it), the name of the language is in partitive case because the verb of action (speaking) is irresultative.
    • Puhutteko englantia?
      • Do you speak English?
    • Puhun englantia vain vähän, mutta saksani on erinomaista.
      • I speak English only a little, but my German is excellent. (Note: saksani is nominative and not partitive because of the auxiliary verb olla)
  • The expression in [a language] is translated with translative case:
    • Miten tämä sanotaan suomeksi?
      • How do you say this in Finnish?
  • The adjectives indicating the language of a text or speech are formed by putting the name of the language in genitive case and adding -kielinen:
    • Onko teillä englanninkielisiä sanomalehtiä?
      • Do you have any English-language newspapers?