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temporal distributive case

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Also known as distributive-temporal case

grammatical case

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Finnish Grammar - Adverbial cases

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The usage of the multiplicative is limited to a small number of nouns (especially swear words), pronouns and short numerals. Moreover, all the adjectives decline in the multiplicative. In the multiplicative, swear words express a huge amount of something or the power of the action. Adjectives express the means of the action and pronouns and numerals express how many times the action is performed. The multiplicative suffix is - sti in the singular. The plural forms are not used. The usage of the temporal distributive is limited to a small number of adverb stems and nouns. The temporal distributive expresses the origin of something or the frequent point in time. The temporal distributive suffix is - sin in the plural. The singular forms are not used. The usage of the situative is limited to a small number of adverb stems and nouns. The situative expresses the location of two things compared with each other. The situative suffix is - kkain /- kkäin in the singular. The plural forms are not used. The usage of the oppositive is limited to a small number of adverb stems and nouns. The oppositive expresses in which position two things are facing each other. The oppositive suffix is - tusten /- tysten in the singular. The plural forms are not used.

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