Included features:
- a guide to the Finnish alphabet, correct pronunciation and spelling
- detailed explanations of how consonant gradation and border gemination work in practice, with all cases of border gemination marked in the Finnish example sentences throughout the book
- each word class handled in its own chapter: nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and postpositions, conjunctions and particles
- a chapter on word order and sentence construction
- a chapter on spoken Finnish and its special features
- chapters on punctuation principles and on various abbreviations and acronyms
This book is a one-stop shop for anyone wishing to get a well-based conception of how the Finnish language works.
This grammar is available on Amazon also as a two-volume edition with self-study exercises and an answer key.