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Illogical Finnish singular and plural numbers | Finnish Numbers Series #5

In Finnish, "five million" can be singular, while "one" can be plural - of the other way around. What's going on? Learn the logic in just a few minutes! Please leave a comment if you have any questions, remarks or suggestions for future episodes! ADDITIONAL REMARKS: Always plural expression becomes singular when part of compound words: "tikkaat" (ladder) -- "tikasauto" (ladder truck). "One year old" can be said either "yhden vuoden vanha" (genitive-accusative sg.) or "yksi vuotta vanha" (partitive sg.). Partitive indicates something partial or indefinite. In the case of one year, it is ambiguous weather it is a unit or a sum of parts - cf. French distinction between "un an" and "une année" 00:00 Intro 00:33 main rule: singular 01:19 verb number 02:06 when to use plural 03:57 plurale tantum 05:08 complex numerals Keywords: Learn Finnish, Opi suomea, suomen kieli, language, tutorial, numbers, grammatical number, kieliopillinen luku, numerot, yksikkö, monikko singular, plural, language fun facts.