preesens
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin praesens, present participle of praesum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
preesens
Usage notes edit
The preesens tense of Finnish is normally translated into English with either simple present or present continuous.
Declension edit
Inflection of preesens (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | preesens | preesensit | ||
genitive | preesensin | preesensien | ||
partitive | preesensiä | preesensejä | ||
illative | preesensiin | preesenseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | preesens | preesensit | ||
accusative | nom. | preesens | preesensit | |
gen. | preesensin | |||
genitive | preesensin | preesensien | ||
partitive | preesensiä | preesensejä | ||
inessive | preesensissä | preesenseissä | ||
elative | preesensistä | preesenseistä | ||
illative | preesensiin | preesenseihin | ||
adessive | preesensillä | preesenseillä | ||
ablative | preesensiltä | preesenseiltä | ||
allative | preesensille | preesenseille | ||
essive | preesensinä | preesenseinä | ||
translative | preesensiksi | preesenseiksi | ||
abessive | preesensittä | preesenseittä | ||
instructive | — | preesensein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- kestämä (dated)
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “preesens”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03