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Englanti
Englanti
See also: englanti
Finnish
Proper noun
Englanti
- (geography) England (region)
- (historical) England, Kingdom of England (kingdom)
- (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
- 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
- englannin kieli
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)
- Mikä on sinun äidinkielesi?
- 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)
- Puhutteko englantia?
- The expression in [a language] is translated with translative case:
- Miten tämä sanotaan suomeksi?
- How do you say this in Finnish?
- Miten tämä sanotaan suomeksi?
- 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?
- Onko teillä englanninkielisiä sanomalehtiä?