-minen

minen Minen Finnish Etymology fi noun :inh urj-fin-pro:*-minën From fi urj-fin-pro *-minën. Equivalent to fi -ma -m- nominal inen. Suffix noun mise Forms action nouns (verbal nouns) from verbs, mostly corresponds to the English gerund suffix -ing. fi kirjoittaa to write kirjoittaminen writing fi syödä to eat syöminen eating Usage notes Can be used with any verb, like en -ing. Attached to the strong verb stem. Some uses of the verbal noun forms are termed a "fourth infinitive" by some grammars. fi sinun on tuleminen tänne you shall come here fi sinun ei ole tänne tulemista you shall not come here fi hän ajoi ajamistaan he drove and drove As with all nominals belonging to the same declension class, the combining form of fi -minen nouns, which is used before other words in a compound, is obtained by dropping the final fi -nen and replacing it with fi -s-. When creating action nouns for verb phrases, the word order and some other aspects of the verb phrase may change. See Appendix:Finnish verb phrases. Declension -mi a -mi ä Derived terms fi References Anagrams fi eimnn menin minne nimen