englanti

See Englanti.

IPA^(key): /ˈeŋːlɑnti/, [ˈe̞ŋːlɑnt̪i]

englanti

1. English (language).

• 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?

• englannin kieli

• amerikanenglanti

• englantilainen
• englanninkielinen
• Englanti