Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstratiivipronominit - Demonstrative Pronouns 👉 #

2025-11-30

Basic Forms #

SingularEnglishPluralEnglish
tÀmÀthisnÀmÀthese
tuothatnuothose
seit (mentioned before)nethey (things mentioned before)

Case Declension #

Singular Forms #

CasetÀmÀtuosemikÀ
NominativetÀmÀtuosemikÀ
PartitivetÀtÀtuotasitÀmitÀ
GenitivetÀmÀntuonsenminkÀ
Illative (S-MIHIN)tÀhÀntuohonsiihenmihin
Inessive (S-MISSÄ)tĂ€ssĂ€tuossasiinĂ€missĂ€
Elative (S-MISTÄ)tĂ€stĂ€tuostasiitĂ€mistĂ€
Allative (L-MIHIN)tÀlletuollesillemille
Adessive (L-MISSÄ)tĂ€llĂ€tuollasillĂ€millĂ€
Ablative (L-MISTÄ)tĂ€ltĂ€tuoltasiltĂ€miltĂ€

Plural Forms #

CasePlural
NominativenÀmÀ / nuo / ne / mitkÀ

Usage Examples #

tÀmÀ (this) #

  • TĂ€mĂ€ talo on minun kotitalo. (This house is my home.)
  • TĂ€mĂ€ on hyvĂ€ idea. (This is a good idea.)

tuo (that) #

  • Tuo vanha talo on kaunis. (That old house is beautiful.)
  • Kuka tuo mies on? (Who is that man?)

se (it - previously mentioned) #

  • Se on museo. (It is a museum.)
  • Se on kallista. (It is expensive.)

nÀmÀ (these) #

  • NĂ€mĂ€ mustat kengĂ€t maksavat 65 euroa. (These black shoes cost 65 euros.)
  • NĂ€mĂ€ ovat hyviĂ€. (These are good.)

nuo (those) #

  • MitĂ€ nuo ruskeat kengĂ€t maksavat? (What do those brown shoes cost?)
  • Ne maksavat 79 euroa. (They cost 79 euros.)

ne (they - things previously mentioned) #

  • Ne maksavat 79 euroa. (They cost 79 euros.)
  • Ne ovat pöydĂ€llĂ€. (They are on the table.)

tÀÀllÀ - tuolla - siellÀ System #

QuestiontÀÀ-tuo-sii-
Mihin? (Where to?)tÀnnetuonnesinne
MissÀ? (Where?)tÀÀllÀtuollasiellÀ
MistÀ? (Where from?)tÀÀltÀtuoltasieltÀ

Usage:

  • tÀÀllĂ€/tĂ€nne/tÀÀltĂ€ = here (close to speaker)
  • tuolla/tuonne/tuolta = there (visible, but away from speaker)
  • siellĂ€/sinne/sieltĂ€ = there (at a place mentioned before)

Examples #

  • Tule tĂ€nne! (Come here!)
  • Olen tÀÀllĂ€. (I’m here.)
  • HĂ€n on tuolla. (He/she is over there.)
  • Menen sinne huomenna. (I’ll go there tomorrow.)
  • SiellĂ€ on kaunis ranta. (There is a beautiful beach there.)