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The essive case carries the meaning of a temporary state of being, often equivalent to the English "as a ...".

In the Finnish language, this case is marked by adding "na" to the genitive stem of the noun, but with strong consonant gradation. Example: "lapsi" -> "child", "lapsena" -> "as a child", "when (I) was a child".

In Finnish, it is also used for specifying days and dates when something happens. For example: "maanantaina" -> "on monday", "kuudentena joulukuuta" -> "on the 6th of December".

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Topics: Essive Case, Essive formal Case, Essive modal Case...

Essive caseThe essive case carries the meaning of a temporary state of being, often equivalent to the English "as a. In the Finnish language, this case is marked by adding "na" to the genitive stem of the noun, but with strong consonant gradation. Example: "lapsi" "Essive-formal caseIn Hungarian language this case combines the Essive case and the Formal case, and it can express the position, task, state (eg. as a tourist"), or the manner (eg. like a hunted animal").Essive-modal caseThis case in Hungarian language can express the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or which somebody has ( Essive case, eg. as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows ( Moda
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