Indeclinable words
Finnish is the language of inclinations, meaning that words change quite a bit from their basic form when you use them in a sentence. There are exceptions to this though: some words never appear in any case. They are just in their basic form, no matter what the words around it do.
Examples:
Pikku siskolla on nukke.
Viime vuonna muutin Helsinkiin.
Ensi viikolla matkustan Thaimaahan.
| Finnish | English |
| viime | last |
| ensi | next |
| melkein | almost |
| pikku | little |
| eri | different |
| koko | the whole |
| hyvin | very, well |
| oikein | correct, correctly |
| väärin | wrong, wrongly |
| samoin | same |
| auki | open |
| irti | loose |
| kiinni | closed |
| poikki | broken |
| puhki | through |
| rikki | broken |
| sekaisin | mixed |
| Related vocabulary |
| Clitics :
Words ending in -kko : Grammar and languages : Negative emotions |