Introduction to Finnish Grammar

A brief overview of the grammar of Finnish. In this video I’ll go through the central pieces of Finnish grammar—phonological processes, case inflection, verbal forms, word order and much more—to give you an understanding and a feeling for how Finnish grammar functions on a more systematic level. After watching this, you should be well prepared to take on the more specific details of Finnish grammar in your further studies!

ERRATA
At 01:29, the 'e' in 'tulevaisuus' should be colored gold, as it's a neutral and not a back vowel.
At 12:37, one negative form is given as 'tietä'. This should of course be 'tiedä', like the rest of them.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:23 Phonological features of grammar
00:33 Vowel harmony
01:58 Consonant gradation
04:01 Overall structure
05:23 Features of Finnish grammar
05:54 The case system
07:33 Telicity (accusative vs partitive)
09:18 Word order
10:40 Possessive suffixes
11:16 Prepositions/Postpositions
11:38 Verbal conjugation
12:04 The negative verb
12:44 "Compact" verb forms
14:04 Enclitic particles (-ko, -pa, -kin)
14:48 Written vs spoken language