mikä, Pronoun Singular Illative

Translations & synonyms

what	mitä, mikä, mitkä, se mikä, kaikki mikä
What
which
that

Wiktionary

(interrogative) what, which

(relative) which, that, what

in context: Mikä is used to refer to a whole sentence

Fin: Kaikki menikin lopulta hyvin, mikä oli suuri helpotus.
Eng: Ultimately, everything went well which was a great relief.

(relative) which, that, what

in context: Mikä is used to refer to a superlative or a noun modified by a superlative

     Fin: Se on parasta, mitä minulle on koskaan tapahtunut.
     Eng: It/That is the best that has ever happened to me.
     Fin: Se on paras elokuva, minkä (~jonka) olen koskaan nähnyt.
     Eng: It/That is the best film that I have ever seen.

(relative) which, that, what

in context: Mikä is used to refer to a pronoun not referring to a person

     Fin: Hän todisti sen, mikä oli todistettavissa.
     Eng: He proved what was provable.
     Fin: Hän todisti kaiken, mikä oli todistettavissa.
     Eng: He proved everything that was provable.

Synonyms:

mi (archaic, poetic)

Derived terms:

kuin mikä

Etymology:

From Proto-Finnic

+‎ -kä (

), from Proto-Uralic

. Cognate with Estonian mis, Veps mi, Võro miä, Hungarian mi.

where	jossa, missä, mihin, jonne, minne, siellä missä
whither	minne, jonne

Wiktionary

(of movement) where (... to), whither

Fin: Minne menet?
Eng: Where are you going (to)?

Synonyms:

Etymology:

The sublative singular of mikä (interrogative pronoun); mi- +‎ -nne.

minne	mikä Pron Sg Ill
	minne Adv Qnt