In poetry are found such forms as tää for tämä, nää for nämä, tään or tän for tämän.
Se.—The nominative, genitive, and instructive sing. are formed from the root se, the remaining cases of the singular from si, except the inessive and elative which are irregular. The nominative plur. is ne. The remaining cases from the root nii.
| Sing. | Plur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | se | ne or net |
| Part. | sitä | niitä |
| Gen. | sen | niiden, niitten |
| In. | siinä | niissä |
| El. | siitä | niistä |
| Il. | siihen | niihin |
| Ad. | sillä | niillä |
| Abl. | siltä | niiltä |
| All. | sille | niille |
| Abes. | sittä | niittä |
| Transl. | siksi | niiksi |
| Ess. | sinä | niinä |
| Instr. | sen | niin |
Interrogative Pronouns.
The interrogative pronouns are kuka, ken, who, mikä, what, kumpi, which or what of two.
The root of kuka is ku, the syllable ka being added to the former which would otherwise be monosyllabic. The plural is not much used.
| Sing. | Plur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | kuka | kutka |
| Part. | kuta | kuita |
| Gen. | kunka | kuiden, kuitten |
| In. | kussa | kuissa |
| Il. | kuhun | kuista |
| Instr. | —— | kuin or kuinka |
| etc. | etc. |
In poetry are found ku (nominative sing.), kut (nominative plur.), kun (genitive sing.).
The root of ken is kene, but in the partitive sing. and nominative plur. this is shortened to ke, and the same form is optionally used for the other cases. The root of the plural except in the nominative is kei.
| Sing. | Plur. | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | ken | ketkä |
| Part. | ketä | keitä |
| Gen. | kenen | keiden, keitten |
| In. | kessä or kenessä | keissä |
| Il. | kenehen or kehen | |
| etc., etc. | etc., etc. |