How to use the indefinite article in Finnish

How to use the indefinite article in Finnish

You want to learn how to use the indefinite article in Finnish? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Finnish lessons complete with useful examples. An apple, a house, a book... we explain it all to you in short, easy to follow lessons.

The Finnish indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Finnish. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

talo
a house
kaupunki
a city
sisko
a sister
sana
a word
tuoli
a chair
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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Finnish

The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Finnish, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns kirja, tuoli and ovi (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Finnish, because in Finnish, there is no indefinite article. So the word kirja can mean book or a book, the word tuoli can mean chair or a chair and the word ovi can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Finnish including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Finnish nouns kirja, tuoli and ovi, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Finnish).

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