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moni + kin, indefinite pronoun

Word analysis
monetkaan

monetkaan

moni

Indefinite pronoun, Plural Nominative, Focus clitic with suffix kaan

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(indefinite, without a noun, refers often to people) many people, many Fin:Moni voisi ajatella samoin.Eng:Many people could think the same. (in compounds) poly-, multi-, many- Fin:monityydyttymätönEng:polyunsaturatedFin:monikielinenEng:multilingualFin:monipuolinenEng:many-sided (aika ~ or melko ~) few, quite a few Fin:Melko moni tahtoo olutta.Eng:Quite a few people want beer. Show more arrow right (many): usea Show more arrow right When used as the grammatical subject in a sentence the use of moni differs according to the linguistic style. In formal Finnish, moni is the plural marker and the following noun (if any) and verb are in the singular. In informal Finnish the plural form "monet" is used and the modified noun and the following verb are plural. moni lapsi syö puuroa aamiaiseksi (formal language style)many children eat porridge for breakfast= many a child eats porridge for breakfast monet lapset syövät puuroa aamiaiseksi (informal language style)many children eat porridge for breakfast When used as the grammatical object in a sentence, both moni and the noun it qualifies follow the case dictated by the verb. pystyn vaikuttamaan moniin ihmisiin.. (illative case dictated by vaikuttaa)I'm able to influence many people..rakastan montaa ihmistä (partitive case dictated by rakastaa; double partitive (montaa) necessary as "monta" has been reanalyzed as nominative)I love many people Show more arrow right Pronouns mones Nouns monikko Verbs monistaa Show more arrow right From Proto-Finnic moni, from Proto-Finno-Permic mone, mune. Cognate to Estonian mõni (“some”), Ingrian moni (“many, some”), Ingrian monikas (“some one, few”), Karelian moni, Karelian monies (“few, some one”), Votic mõni, Votic mõnikaz (“few”), Estonian mõnd (“many”), Livonian muunda (“many”), Northern Sami moanak, Udmurt мында (mynda, “as much as”), Udmurt со мында (so mynda, “so much”). Possibly related to or borrowed from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ-, menegʰ-, monogʰos. Show more arrow right

Example sentences

OpenSubtitles2018.v3; OpenSubtitles; SETIMES; Finnish-English parallel corpus Aika montakin. Quite a few. Minä pidän monista tytöistä. I like many girls. Hän tietää monista ongelmista. He knows about many problems. Isoisä vihaa monia. Grandpa hates a lot of people. Kirja ei miellytä monista syistä. The book doesn't appeal to me for many reasons. Monen veli oli. A lot of people did. Olen tappanut monia. I've killed many people... Moneltako bussi lähtee? At what time does the bus leave? Viime aikoina, monia. Recently, a lot. Siitä on monia vuosia. And that is over many, many years. Show more arrow right
moni / many (a)
SingularPlural
Nom - monikaan monetkaan
Par -ta montakaan moniakaan
Gen -n monenkaan monienkaan
Ill mihin moneenkaan moniinkaan
Ine -ssa monessakaan monissakaan
Ela -sta monestakaan monistakaan
All -lle monellekaan monillekaan
Ade -lla monellakaan monillakaan
Abl -lta moneltakaan moniltakaan
Tra -ksi moneksikaan moniksikaan
Ess -na monenakaan moninakaan
Abe -tta monettakaan monittakaan
Com -ne - -
Ins -in - moninkaan
molempi / both
SingularPlural
Nom - molempikaan molemmatkaan
Par -ta molempiakaan molempiakaan
Gen -n molemmankaan molempienkaan
Ill mihin molempiinkaan molempiinkaan
Ine -ssa molemmassakaan molemmissakaan
Ela -sta molemmastakaan molemmistakaan
All -lle molemmallekaan molemmillekaan
Ade -lla molemmallakaan molemmillakaan
Abl -lta molemmaltakaan molemmiltakaan
Tra -ksi molemmaksikaan molemmiksikaan
Ess -na molempanakaan molempinakaan
Abe -tta molemmattakaan molemmittakaan
Com -ne - -
Ins -in - molemminkaan

moni / many (a)

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

monikaan

monetkaan

Par

-ta

montakaan

moniakaan

Gen

-n

monenkaan

monienkaan

Ill

mihin

moneenkaan

moniinkaan

Ine

-ssa

monessakaan

monissakaan

Ela

-sta

monestakaan

monistakaan

All

-lle

monellekaan

monillekaan

Ade

-lla

monellakaan

monillakaan

Abl

-lta

moneltakaan

moniltakaan

Tra

-ksi

moneksikaan

moniksikaan

Ess

-na

monenakaan

moninakaan

Abe

-tta

monettakaan

monittakaan

Com

-ne

-

-

Ins

-in

-

moninkaan

molempi / both

Singular

Plural

Nom

-

molempikaan

molemmatkaan

Par

-ta

molempiakaan

molempiakaan

Gen

-n

molemmankaan

molempienkaan

Ill

mihin

molempiinkaan

molempiinkaan

Ine

-ssa

molemmassakaan

molemmissakaan

Ela

-sta

molemmastakaan

molemmistakaan

All

-lle

molemmallekaan

molemmillekaan

Ade

-lla

molemmallakaan

molemmillakaan

Abl

-lta

molemmaltakaan

molemmiltakaan

Tra

-ksi

molemmaksikaan

molemmiksikaan

Ess

-na

molempanakaan

molempinakaan

Abe

-tta

molemmattakaan

molemmittakaan

Com

-ne

-

-

Ins

-in

-

molemminkaan

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