Appendix talk:Finnish declension/nalle

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Why instr.pl. nukkein and not nukein? — This unsigned comment was added by 31.11.243.108 (talk) at 22:49, 18 July 2012 (UTC).[reply]

I don't speak Finnish so this is as good as a wild guess but...I notice that most if not all the other forms with a /k/ sound (at least I think that would be correct IPA) before an "ei" vowel cluster has a "kk" rather than "k", so my (uneducated) guess is that's something to do with it. User: PalkiaX50 talk to meh 23:06, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The rule says that instructive should have the same grade as genitive singular, ei has nothing to do with it, hence nukein. Anyway, check it on the Finnish Wiktionary: http://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/nukke