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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Suffix 2 Finnish 2.1 Case suffix 2.2 Nominal suffix 2.2.1 Usage notes 2.3 Verbal suffix 3 French 3.1 Suffix 3.2 See also 4 Swedish 4.1 Suffix

English

Suffix

-s

1. Used to form regular plurals of nouns.

   computers

2. Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.

   eats

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Finnish

Case suffix

-s

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Used to form the inessive case.

Nominal suffix

-s

1. Used to form ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers, or ordinal pronouns.

   mones

Usage notes

• The ordinal suffix is appended to the genitive singular stem of the numeral or other word.
• It has the form -s only in the nominative singular. The suffix has strong vowel stem -nte-, weak vowel stem -nne-, partitive singular stem -t- and plural stem -nsi-. For example, the genitive singular of viisi "5" is viiden, whence the genitive singular stem viide-:

case	form
nominative singular	viides
genitive singular	viidennen
partitive singular	viidettä
essive singular	viidentenä
genitive plural	viidensien
partitive plural	viidensiä

Verbal suffix

-s

1. When appended to second person singular or plural imperative, gives the command or request slightly rude or impatient tone.

   Kuulkaas nyt! "Now, listen (plural or polite) to me!"

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French

Suffix

-s

1. Used to form the regular plural of nouns.

   hommes

See also

• -x

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Swedish

Suffix

-s

1. Used to form the genitive case of nouns.
2. Used to form the passive of verbs.