A Finnish Grammar

by Charles Eliot

Perf.	on saatu	Plupf.	oli saatu
Comp. Conc.	lienee saatu	Comp. Cond.	olisi saatu

The negative forms for these tenses are formed by putting the auxiliary verb in the negative form, and keeping the participle as before. The negative forms of the auxiliary verb are:—

Present.
	Sing.	Plur.
1.	en ole	emme ole
2.	et ole	ette ole
3.	ei ole	eivät ole
Imperfect.
	Sing.	Plur.
1.	en ollut	emme olleet
2.	et ollut	ette olleet
3.	ei ollut	eivät olleet
Concessive.
	Sing.	Plur.
1.	en liene	emme liene
2.	et liene	ette liene
3.	ei liene	eivät liene
Conditional.
	Sing.	Plur.
1.	en olisi	emme olisi
2.	et olisi	ette olisi
3.	ei olisi	eivät olisi

It is hoped that with the aid of the foregoing explanations the conjugation of a Finnish verb will be perfectly clear.

The verbs may be divided into three conjugations.

First Conjugation.

The characteristics of this conjugation are as follow:—

(a) The root always ends in a long vowel.

(b) There is no change of consonants.

(c) The third person sing. of the present tense is the simple root.