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No word genders in Finnish, sorry! :-) Also, pronouns like "these" and "those" can't be included in the word in Finnish -- however, those that indicate ownersh
by eMSF 8y ago
No word genders in Finnish, sorry! :-)
Also, pronouns like "these" and "those" can't be included in the word in Finnish -- however, those that indicate ownership can (i.e. my dog/s, or the genetive case* ). There's no direct equivalent of "the dog" in Finnish either, the closest being "these/those dogs" where applicable.
* For language nerds: considering the subject (that emphasizes the many declensions in Finnish), it is somewhat ironic that both "my dog" and "my dogs" is the same single word in formal Finnish. Unlike many other cases, plain genetive doesn't allow distinction between singular and plural.
- NoNameHaveI 8y ago"No word genders in Finnish, sorry!" No direct word for "please" either, unless you want to count kiitos, which I understand as thank you.