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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> Torsten
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In Finnish the accusative and nominative plural endings are the same,
-t. In sentences in the imperative mood the nominative and accusative
sing. are endingless. In non-imperative sentences the accusative sing
and gen. sing. share the same ending, -n.
Not everyone agrees that there is an accusative case in Finnish,
except for 7 pronouns all of which end in -t in the accusative.
Aja auto tänne! - Drive the car here.
Hän ajaa auton tänne - He will drive the car here.
He ajavat hänet tänne - They will drive him here.
auto - the nominative or endingless looking accusative.
auton - the genitive looking form.
hänet - one of the 7 pronouns that appear in the accusative.
Peter P