(7) Pitkin, along. Preposition with the partitive. Käydä pitkin tietä, to go along a road. Lapset juoksentelevat pitkin pihoja, the children run about in the courts.
(8) Poikki. Postposition or preposition with genitive, across: Kulkea joen poikki, to cross the river. Jänis juoksi poikki tien, the hare ran across the road.
(9) Puhki. Preposition or postposition, across. Luoti meni puhki lasin, the bullet came through the glass.
(10) Suhteen (illative of suhde), postposition with genitive, in relation to, compared with. Wähä tarpeen suhteen, small for one’s wants. Palkan suhteen oli tyytyväinen, he was satisfied with the remuneration.
(11) Takia,Tautta, Tähden, postposition with genitive, for the sake of, for, in consequence of.
Älä minun tähdeni vaivaa näe, do not trouble on my account. Kipeän jalkani tautta en voi astua, I can’t stand on account of my bad leg. Nälän tähden, from hunger. Kauppamies viipyi pari päivää asiansa takia, the merchant waited a couple of days for affairs.
(12) Varten. Preposition with partitive, for, for the use of. Isä osti vaatteita lapsiansa varten, the father bought clothes for his children. Kouluja varten, for the use of schools. Mitä varten sinä itket? why do you weep?
(13) Vuoksi, for the sake of, for (much the same as tähden). Postposition with the genitive. Rahan vuoksi, for money. Minä lueskelen huvin vuoksi, I read for pleasure.
II. Postpositions and Prepositions which are declined in several cases.
(1) The following words, usually considered as cases of a nominative ali which is not found, are used as postpositions with the genitive to express rest or motion under an object.