Class #2 - possessive structure (I have, I don't have), likes and dislikes, family

How to construct “I have”

Combination of olla conjugation ending with lla/llä + on

I have

Mulla on

You have

Sulla on

He/she has

Sillä on

We have

Meillä on

You have

Teillä on

They have

Niillä on

Example: Laura has an old computer (old computer = vanha tietokone)

Lauralla on vanha tietokone.

How to construct negative sentence (I don’t have)

Olla conjugated combined with lla/llä + ei oo (third person singular negative) + thing you don’t have with partitive ending

I don’t have

Mulla ei oo

You don’t have

Sulla ei oo

He/she doesn’t have

Sillä ei oo

We don’t have

Meillä ei oo

You (plural) don’t have

Teillä ei oo

They don’t have

Niillä ei oo

Exceptions to negative sentence construction

Words used to describe bodily sensations (e.g. “I’m hungry”) don’t have a partitive ending

Note on lla/llä suffix

• Add i before if the word ends in a consonant

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What do you like?

I like ____

Mä tykkään _____+sta/stä

I don’t like ______

Mä en tykkää _____sta/stä.

I like to (verb)

Mä tykkään + verb in infinitive form

I have a brother

Mulla on veli

I don’t have a sister

Mulla ei oo siskoa