Venäjä
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See also venäjä
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[edit] Finnish
[edit] Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *weneđ- (“Slav”). Cognates include Estonian vene, Venemaa.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Proper noun
Venäjä
[edit] Usage notes
- Unlike with other countries, the external locative cases (allative, adessive, ablative) are used with this word when talking about movement into this country, in it or from it.
- Menin Venäjälle. (not Venajään)
- I went to Russia.
- Olin Venäjällä. (not Venajässä)
- I was in Russia.
- Tulin Venäjälltä. (not Venajästä)
- I came from Russia.
- Menin Venäjälle. (not Venajään)
[edit] Declension
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Declension of Venäjä (type koira)
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