25/09/2025
How verbs change in Finnish and English
In Finnish the verb ending shows the person:
• Minä → ends with -n → minä menen (I go), minä tulen (I come)
• Sinä → ends with -t → sinä menet (you go), sinä tulet (you come)
• Hän → ends with -e → hän menee (he/she goes), hän tulee (he/she comes)
• Me → ends with -mme → me menemme (we go), me tulemme (we come)
• Te → ends with -tte → te menette (you go, plural), te tulette (you come, plural)
• He → ends with -vat/vät → he menevät (they go), he tulevat (they come)
So Finnish endings are -n, -t, -e, -mme, -tte, -vat/vät.
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English pronouns and verbs
In English it is much simpler. The verb is almost always the same, only he and she change:
• I go / I come
• You go / you come
• He goes / she goes → only here we add –es
• We go / we come
• You go / you come (plural)
• They go / they come
So: In Finnish every pronoun has its own ending.
In English, only he and she are different.
