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In Finnish, "five million" can be singular, while "one" can be plural - of the other way around. What's going on? Learn the logic in just a few minutes!

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ADDITIONAL REMARKS:

Always plural expression becomes singular when part of compound words: "tikkaat" (ladder) -- "tikasauto" (ladder truck).

"One year old" can be said either "yhden vuoden vanha" (genitive-accusative sg.) or "yksi vuotta vanha" (partitive sg.). Partitive indicates something partial or indefinite. In the case of one year, it is ambiguous weather it is a unit or a sum of parts - cf. French distinction between "un an" and "une année"


00:00 Intro
00:33 main rule: singular
01:19 verb number
02:06 when to use plural
03:57 plurale tantum
05:08 complex numerals

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