mikä

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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronoun 1.2.1 Inflection 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Derived terms

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

• From the same Uralic root *me as the Hungarian interrogative pronoun mi

[edit] Pronoun

mikä (stem mi-)

1. (interrogative) which, what.
2. (indefinite) whatever.
3. (relative) which, that, what.
   • Usage notes

   • (relative) Mikä is used to refer to a whole sentence (1), a superlative or a noun modified by a superlative (2) or a pronoun not referring to a person (3):

• (1) Kaikki menikin lopulta hyvin, mikä oli suuri helpotus.

Ultimately, everything went well which was a great relief.

• (2) Se on parasta, mitä minulle on koskaan tapahtunut.

It/That is the best that has ever happened to me.

• (2) Se on paras elokuva, minkä olen koskaan nähnyt.

It/That is the best film that I have ever seen.

• (3) Hän todisti sen, mikä oli todistettavissa.

He proved what was provable.

• (3) Hän todisti kaiken, mikä oli todistettavissa.

He proved everything that was provable.

[edit] Inflection

• Irregular. Some cases are never used.

Declension of mikä noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative mikä mitkä superessive – – genitive minkä minkä delative – – partitive mitä mitä sublative minne – accusative mikä, minkä mitkä lative – – inessive missä missä temporal milloin – elative mistä mistä causative miten – illative mihin mihin multiplicative – – adessive millä millä distributive – – ablative miltä miltä temp. dist. – – allative mille mille prolative – – essive minä minä situative – – translative miksi miksi oppositive – – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

[edit] Synonyms

• ((relative) that, which, what): mi (archaic, poetic)

[edit] Derived terms

• helppoa kuin mikä
• millainen
• minkälainen