with my own eyes
Näin sen omin silmin.I saw it with my own eyes.
The case survives mostly in fixed phrases like this one and terveisin, so learn them whole instead of building your own.
Concept · Instruktiivi
The instructive
The instructive -in means “with” or “by means of”: omin silmin, with my own eyes; terveisin, with greetings. Adjectives agree with it (parhain terveisin, ystävällisin terveisin). On a verb it ends in -en and means “while doing”: toivottaen, while wishing.
Model
The model
Needed for Short message phrases.
Taught in Lyhyen viestin kirjoittaminen.
Units
Words and constructions
Regards
Best regards
Kind regardsformal
Ystävällisin terveisin is the standard sign-off for formal email. Literally “with kindest greetings”.
Wishing you all the bestformal
Literally “wishing (you) a good continuation”. Hyvää jatkoa! on its own is a very common goodbye, in shops too.
Watch out
Traps
- It lives in fixed phrases. Learn terveisin and omin silmin whole; to say “by train”, Finnish now uses the adessive, junalla.
- Terveisin signs a message off; Terveisiä perheellesi sends greetings to someone, in the partitive.
Retrieval
Practice
Every item from every lesson that practises this concept, spaced like the rest of your reviews.
3 sentences across every lesson.
Spacing
Coming back
Do a practice round today, then come back in two days. Missed items return first.