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kuka + ko, interrogative pronoun

Word analysis
keneksikö

keneksikö

kuka

Interrogative pronoun, Singular Translative, Question clitic

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Wiktionary

(interrogative) who; (when followed by a modifier in elative case, -sta/-stä) which one (of + a noun referring to people). (indefinite) whoever. (relative) who, when the pronoun refers to the whole of the preceding sentence. Fin:En tiedä, kuka sen teki.Eng:I don't know who did it.Fin:Tässä on mies, joka sen teki.Eng:This is the man who did it. (relative, dialectal) who Show more arrow right (who): ken ( the nominative singular is archaic, see "Inflection" section above)(whoever): kuka tahansa, ken Show more arrow right The singular forms are sometimes used colloquially instead of the actual plural forms. Ketä is particularly common for keitä. In some dialects ketä is used in place of kuka. Show more arrow right From Proto-Finnic ku (from Proto-Uralic ku- ~ ko-) +‎ -ka. Cognate with Estonian kumb (“which”), Hungarian hol (“where”), Forest Enets hōke (“which one”), Nganasan kuninu (“where”), and Kamassian kāmǝ̑n (“if”). Might further be related to Proto-Indo-European kʷi- ~ kʷe- ~ kʷo-, whence the English interrogatives English what, where, who, how derive. Show more arrow right

Examples

Kuka tuo mies on? Who is that man? Kenen kännykkä tämä on? Whose mobile phone is this? Missä talossa asut? In which house do you live? Mitä kieltä opiskelette? What language are you studying? Mihin ravintolaan mennään? Which restaurant will/shall we go to? Kenessä vika on? Whose fault is it ('in whom is the fault')? Minkä ohjelman valitset? Which program do you choose? Keitä nuo ihmiset ovat? Who are those people? Keneltä voidaan kysyä? Whom ('from whom') could we ask? Mihin kaupunkeihin matkustat? Which towns/cities are you travelling to? Mitä ihmisiä tapasit siellä? What people did you meet there? Keille lähetetään hakemukset? Whom (pl.) will/shall we send the applications to? Miltä sää näyttää? What does the weather look like? Mitä tämä on? What is this? Kenet näit? Whom did you see? Minä päivänä he tulevat? What day are they coming? Show more arrow right

kuka / who

SingularPlural
Nom - kukako -
Par -ta kutako -
Gen -n - -
Acc -t kutkako -
Ill mihin kuhunko -
Ine -ssa kussako -
Ela -sta kustako -
All -lle kulleko -
Ade -lla kullako -
Abl -lta kultako -
Tra -ksi - -
Ess -na - -
Abe -tta - -
Com -ne - -
Ins -in - -

kuka / who

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

kukako

-

Par

-ta

kutako

-

Gen

-n

-

-

Acc

-t

kutkako

-

Ill

mihin

kuhunko

-

Ine

-ssa

kussako

-

Ela

-sta

kustako

-

All

-lle

kulleko

-

Ade

-lla

kullako

-

Abl

-lta

kultako

-

Tra

-ksi

-

-

Ess

-na

-

-

Abe

-tta

-

-

Com

-ne

-

-

Ins

-in

-

-

mikä / which, what

SingularPlural
Nom - - -
Par -ta - -
Gen -n - -
Acc -t - -
Ill mihin - -
Ine -ssa - -
Ela -sta - -
All -lle - -
Ade -lla - -
Abl -lta - -
Tra -ksi - -
Ess -na - -
Abe -tta - -
Com -ne - -
Ins -in - -

mikä / which, what

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

-

-

Par

-ta

-

-

Gen

-n

-

-

Acc

-t

-

-

Ill

mihin

-

-

Ine

-ssa

-

-

Ela

-sta

-

-

All

-lle

-

-

Ade

-lla

-

-

Abl

-lta

-

-

Tra

-ksi

-

-

Ess

-na

-

-

Abe

-tta

-

-

Com

-ne

-

-

Ins

-in

-

-

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