C2

Marked Syntax and Rhetorical Structures

Korostettu Syntaksi ja Retoriset Rakenteet

About this concept

Non-standard word order for emphasis, cleft sentences, existential sentences, topicalization, and literary constructions.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level C2.

Examples

Tämän kirjan minä luin.This book I read. (topicalized)
Se olin minä, joka sanoi sen.It was I who said it. (cleft)
Pöydällä on kirja.On the table there is a book. (existential)
Kaunis on kesäyö.Beautiful is the summer night. (literary)

Prerequisite

Formal Written FinnishC1

More C2 concepts

Colloquial FinnishPuhekieliProverbs and IdiomsSananlaskut ja SanonnatFinnish Dialects and Regional VariationMurteet ja Alueelliset ErotBureaucratic and Legal LanguageVirkakieliInformal Register and SlangArkityyli ja Slangi

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