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a3
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 Message 9 of 62
06 January 2012 at 7:14pm | IP Logged 
next: verbs

initially, there was only one infinitive ending - tak/täk
e.g.
puhutak, juotak, haluttak, mentäk
then, after consonant gradation, t in the infinitive became d unless preceeded by another consonant:
puhudak, juodak, halutak, mennäk
d further dissapeared if it was preceeded by short unstressed vowel
puhuak juodak halutak mennäk
and finally, word final k was lost, this is how the diversity of verb conjugations came. Im still puzzled about the last two ones, seems as if they always take a kind of mood ending or something
puhua juoda haluta mennä

note that at some point(not sure exactly when) kd became hd
ykte - ykten; kakte - kakten
ykte - ykden; kakte - kakden
ykti - yhden; kakti - kahden
yksi - yhden; kaksi - kahden
and due to this also
tektäk - teken - tekee
tekdäk - teγen - tekee
tehdä - teen - tekee

in singular type 4 verbs do not undergo consonant gradation since dissapearence of d and hence closing of the syllable happened after consonant gradation and the past tense marker I prevented d from dissapearing:
veikkattak - veikkatan - veikkatin
veikkattak - veikkatan - veikkasin
veikatak - veikkadan - veikkasin
veikatak - veikkaan - veikkasin
veikata - veikkaan - veikkasin
this also explains the abnormal appearence of S before the past marker I in the type 4 verbs

for now this is all what Ive summarized however most likely itll be expanded in future
Im not sure why S doesnt undergo consonant gradation to Z then H then dissapearence
if E>I and TI>SI happened after consonant gradation the past form would have been
veikkatin > veikkadin > veikkain
because consonant gradation itself changed TI to DI and therefore TI>SI wouldnt have had an effect
it looks like that was a kind of redular irregularity
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 Message 10 of 62
07 January 2012 at 4:49am | IP Logged 
Ne ovat oikein mielenkiintoisia. Kiitti informaatiosta!
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a3
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 Message 11 of 62
09 January 2012 at 2:50pm | IP Logged 
I just did another revisement from memrise. I did better this time, though I've been much better when I originally found the website. I have around 100 words left to learn from ymmärrä suomea
I hope next week I'll have no classes nor test-papers, so I'll have more time for revisement and learning.
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a3
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 Message 12 of 62
12 January 2012 at 2:59pm | IP Logged 
learned some tens of words at memrise from ymmärrä suomea
i hope by tommorrow i'll have learned them all so i can actually start reading the first or so texts on ymmärrä suomea website
after that i'll continue with some of the lessons i have downloaded
i also did some revisement of very basic norwegian - it actually seems easier than English at this point since it has simple verb conjugation
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 Message 13 of 62
12 January 2012 at 5:14pm | IP Logged 
I'm interested to find out what you discover in Norwegian on verb conjugation. Comparing Swedish to Norwegian, I think Norwegian is a little easier. Maybe it is closer to English or something?
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 Message 14 of 62
12 January 2012 at 6:22pm | IP Logged 
a3 wrote:
And since in Finnish the stress always lies on the first syllable, this rule is applied to all strong grade consonants from the 3rd syllable onwards and because of that the suffix for active present participle has two forms: -pa/-pä and -va/-vä
um, what?

I hope this all works for you... most of it looks so insanely and impressively complicated to me. (s->nne?) idk my textbook had examples for each pattern and then exercises where you have to put words into this or that case.

random but doesn't Bulgarian have a concept of avanto? OMG. it might help you to remember this word that it normally isn't just a random hole in the ice, but one used for fishing or swimming.

Good luck with your studies<3
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a3
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 Message 15 of 62
12 January 2012 at 6:34pm | IP Logged 
Kafea wrote:
I'm interested to find out what you discover in Norwegian on verb conjugation. Comparing Swedish to Norwegian, I think Norwegian is a little easier. Maybe it is closer to English or something?

well, i dont know about swedish, in norwegian for present tense you simply add -r and remove ao to form the present tense from the infinitive; no -s for third person singular thing

Serpent wrote:
a3 wrote:
And since in Finnish the stress always lies on the first syllable, this rule is applied to all strong grade consonants from the 3rd syllable onwards and because of that the suffix for active present participle has two forms: -pa/-pä and -va/-vä
um, what?
Isnt this true? If its not, Ill correct it straight away.

Serpent wrote:
I hope this all works for you... most of it looks so insanely and impressively complicated to me. (s->nne?) idk my textbook had examples for each pattern and then exercises where you have to put words into this or that case.


dont think of it as s->nne; think of it as NT : NTE -> NT : NNE -> NS : NNE -> S : NNE (or NTE if the case ending requires strong grade)

Serpent wrote:
random but doesn't Bulgarian have a concept of avanto?

no, i was actually suprised that separate word for this concept exists

Serpent wrote:
Good luck with your studies<3
thanks


Edited by a3 on 12 January 2012 at 6:36pm

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 Message 16 of 62
12 January 2012 at 7:17pm | IP Logged 
a3 wrote:
Serpent wrote:
a3 wrote:
And since in Finnish the stress always lies on the first syllable, this rule is applied to all strong grade consonants from the 3rd syllable onwards and because of that the suffix for active present participle has two forms: -pa/-pä and -va/-vä
um, what?
Isnt this true? If its not, Ill correct it straight away.
pa/pä is just a separate suffix. it's still va/vä in the nominative, like menevä. menepä and menevän have nothing to do with each other if that's what you mean.
it normally only affects the last syllable. though in compound words the first part may be stuck in the genitive forever, like pojanpoika. but it doesn't change then.
but really, i just said um, what?:) i'm not saying it's wrong because to me that's just a complicated way to put it. maybe i just don't get what exactly you meant.

Serpent wrote:
dont think of it as s->nne; think of it as NT : NTE -> NT : NNE -> NS : NNE -> S : NNE (or NTE if the case ending requires strong grade)
yeah this probably exists but I still can't get what you mean :D


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