A1

Vowel Harmony

Vokaalisointu

About this concept

Finnish words contain either back vowels (a, o, u) or front vowels (ä, ö, y). Suffixes must match: talo+ssa (in house), pöytä+ssä (on table).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level A1.

Examples

talossa (a→a)in the house
pöydässä (ä→ä)on the table
autossain the car
yössäin the night

Concepts that build on this

Local Cases (Inner)A1

More A1 concepts

Personal PronounsPersoonapronominitNominative and Partitive CasesNominatiivi ja PartitiiviGenitive CaseGenetiiviOlla (to be)Olla-verbiPossessive Structure (Minulla on)Omistusrakenne

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