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vn VN .vn Vn. Finnish Pronunciation /ːn/ Etymology 1 fi illative From fi -hVn where the -h- has been elided between unstressed short vowels. Suffix fi suffix case suffixes -an, -en, -in, -on, -un, -yn, -än, -ön linguistic notation -Vn V corresponds to the preceding vowel Marks the illative case. fi jalka jalka- jalkaan -an fi miniä miniä- miniään -än fi oikea oikea- oikeaan -an fi tuli tule- tuleen -en Usage notes See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the illative case is used. Attached to the strong vowel stem. Used after an unstressed short vowel. The vowel is the same as the final vowel in the stem, thus producing a long vowel. Alternative forms depending on the preceding vowel (i.e. lengthens the preceding vowel) fi -an -en -in -on -un -yn -än -ön Derived terms fi -en See also fi -hVn fi -hin -hin fi -seen -seen fi -siin -siin Further reading Etymology 2 fi possessive From fi urj-fin-pro *-sën *-hën reflexive. Originally a reflexive suffix, which developed into a third-person possessive suffix in Eastern Finnish, Karelian and Ingrian. Thus this was at first found only in the eastern dialects, but adopted into the standard language in the 19th century. Suffix fi suffix possessive suffixes -an, -en, -än linguistic notation -Vn V corresponds to the preceding vowel The shorter third-person possessive suffix. Usage notes Can always be replaced with fi -nsa, the longer third-person possessive suffix, but not the other way around. Specifically, fi -Vn can be used: when the vowel preceding fi -nsa is a short a, ä and e (general rule, but defers to the next two) for nominal inflections (including participles and adverbs derived from such), all cases except the nominative, genitive, illative and instructive; can be used with partitive only if it does not end in aa or ää for verbal inflections, the long 1st infinitive, the 2nd infinitive, and the 5th infinitive Alternative forms depending on the preceding vowel (i.e. lengthens the preceding vowel) fi -an -en -än Derived terms fi -an<id:possessive> -en References Etymology 3 From the illative ending (fi -Vn illative, etymology 1) attached directly to the verb stem. Suffix fi suffix inflectional suffixes -an, -en, -in, -on, -un, -yn, -än, -ön linguistic notation -Vn V corresponds to the preceding vowel fi colloquial fi -maan Usage notes Example: fi ottaan = standard fi ottamaan. Originally a Tavastian dialectal characteristic, but nowadays can be encountered in urban "non-dialectal" speech. See also fi -nsa Category:Terms with reduplication patterns