englanti

See also Englanti

Finnish

(index en)

Noun

englanti

1. English (language).

Declension

Declension of englanti (type risti) singular plural nominative englanti englannit genitive englannin englantien partitive englantia englanteja accusative englanti englannin englannit inessive englannissa englanneissa elative englannista englanneista illative englantiin englanteihin adessive englannilla englanneilla ablative englannilta englanneilta allative englannille englanneille essive englantina englanteina translative englanniksi englanneiksi instructive – englannein abessive englannitta englanneitta comitative – englanteineen

Synonyms

• englannin kieli

Related terms

• englantilainen
• englanninkielinen
• Englanti

Usage notes

• In a simple question such as what is your mother tongue where the verb is the auxiliary OLLA (to be) the answer is in the nominative case.
  • Mikä on sinun äidinkielesi?
    • Englanti. (Context distinguishes the meaning to be the language English and not the country England)
• In a question Do you speak [a language]? (and in the answer to it), the name of the language is in partitive case because the verb of action (speaking) is irresultative.
  • Puhutteko englantia?
    • Do you speak English?
  • Puhun englantia vain vähän, mutta saksani on erinomaista.
    • I speak English only a little, but my German is excellent. (Note: saksani is nominative and not partitive because of the auxiliary verb olla)
• The expression in [a language] is translated with translative case:
  • Miten tämä sanotaan suomeksi?
    • How do you say this in Finnish?
• The adjectives indicating the language of a text or speech are formed by putting the name of the language in genitive case and adding -kielinen:
  • Onko teillä englanninkielisiä sanomalehtiä?
    • Do you have any English-language newspapers?