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Personal conjugation
There are six persons in Finnish. They are formed by adding an ending after the stem of the verb.
The endings are:
kysyä (to ask)
| singular | plural |
| minä kysyn (I ask) | me kysymme (we ask) |
| sinä kysyt (you ask) | te kysytte (you ask) |
| hän kysyy (he/she asks) | he kysyvät (they ask) |
The 3rd singular form (he/she) is marked by long vowel. If the word is short, and there are already two vowels, the 3rd form is the stem.
For example: syö-dä: minä syön, sinä syöt, hän syö (not *syöö).
Different types of verbs has a different stem. More on article verb types.
Because verb conjugation indicates the subject, personal pronouns can also be left out:
minä puhun suomea = puhun suomea
me puhumme suomea = puhumme suomea
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