The Finnish language uses the accusative and partitive cases extensively. The partitive case can be used to express that an action has not been completed. Here are examples with accusative and partitive:
Talo on iso. (The house is big)
Maalaan taloa. (I'm painting the house)
Maalaan talon. (I'll paint the house)
The word house is talo in nominative case. In partitive it is taloa and in accusative it is talon. The second sentence is expressed with partitive case because the action is incomplete and the third is in accusative because it expresses an action that will be completed in the future.
In certain cases, the verb always takes accusative or partitive. Here are examples:
Minä muistan sinut. (I remember you)
Minä rakastan sinua. (I love you)
The verb remember requires accusative, but the verb love requires partitive. In Finnish the pronoun you is sometimes partitive. The second sentence exemplifies this.
In Finnish the partitive and accusative cases are both common. Partitive can be used to express that an action is in progress. Certain verbs always require accusative and others always require partitive.
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