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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
kieli (“tongue, language, (in an instrument) string”) + -inen
Adjective
kielinen (not comparable)
- (chiefly in compounds) being of a language
Minkä kielinen tuo sanomalehti on?- What is the language of that newspaper?
Se on ranskankielinen.- It's in French.
- (in compounds) -lingual
- kaksikielinen ― bilingual
- (in compounds) -tongued
- pitkäkielinen ― long-tongued
- (chiefly in compounds) -speaking, -phone (used to form adjectives and nouns that indicate a speaker of a certain language e.g. French-speaking, Francophone)
- (music, in compounds) -string, -stringed
Sitar on monikielinen soitin.- Sitar is a multi-stringed instrument.
- 12-kielinen kitara ― 12-string guitar
- teräskielinen kitara ― steel-string guitar
Usage notes
- In Finnish the names of languages are often the same as that of the country or a geographic area where the language is spoken, only with a small initial letter (e.g. Englanti → englanti, Ranska → ranska). The name of a language might be same as the word referring to a member of the nation, tribe, etc. that speaks the language (e.g. atsteekki). Any name of a language can be combined with the adjective kielinen to produce an adjective which refers to that particular language. Note that the name of the language is in the genitive:
- englanti → englanninkielinen (“English, in English”)
- The word kielinen can be used alone in cases where the language is not specified, such as in questions.
Minkä kielinen tämä teksti on?- In which language is this text?
- kielinen is not used adverbially. The Finnish equivalent for the expression "in " is usually the translative case, although kielellä may also be used:
Kirjoitan mielelläni englanniksi.- I like to write in English.
Kirjoitan mielelläni englannin kielellä.- I like to write in English.
Onko Teillä tätä kirjaa englanniksi?- Do you have this book in English?
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
kielinen
- first-person singular present potential of kieliä
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