preesens
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Finnish
Etymology
From Latin praesens, present participle of praesum.
Pronunciation
Noun
preesens
Usage notes
The preesens tense of Finnish is normally translated into English with either simple present or present continuous.
Declension
| Inflection of preesens (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- kestämä (dated)
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “preesens”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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