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Finnish

Navigating digital privacy requires knowing how to grant or deny permissions. In Finnish, expressing that you let or allow someone (or an app) to do something uses a very specific sentence structure.

### Permission Verbs: antaa and sallia

To express authorization, use the verbs **antaa** (to let) or **sallia** (to allow).

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When you say "I let the app use my data", Finnish treats "the app" as the subject of the action "use". To build this structure in Finnish:

1. Conjugate your permission verb (*antaa* or *sallia*).
2. Put the entity receiving permission in the **genitive case** (ending in *-n*).
3. Put the action they are allowed to perform in the **first infinitive** (the standard dictionary form).

Let's see this in action with *antaa*:

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Here is the exact same structure using *sallia* instead:

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### Everyday Digital Permissions

This formula — **Permission verb + Genitive + 1st Infinitive** — remains exactly the same whether you are talking about websites, browsers, or phone apps.

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### Denying Permission

To deny authorization, simply negate the main permission verb (*antaa* or *sallia*). The rest of the structure (genitive + infinitive) does not change, even in negative commands or statements.

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As you manage your data security (*tietoturva*), you will see this grammatical construction frequently used to describe what your settings control.

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Permission verbs (antaa, sallia)

adjective

adposition

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (tämä, tuo, se)

Singular personal pronouns (minä, sinä, hän)

Plural personal pronouns (me, te, he)

Plural demonstratives (nämä, nuo, ne)

Coordinating conjunctions (ja, mutta, tai)

Yes/no questions (-ko / -kö)

Basic question words (kuka, mikä, missä)

Negation of to be (en ole, ei ole)

The inessive case (-ssa / -ssä)

Double consonant gradation (kk, pp, tt)

Consonant gradation (-ssa/-ssä)

Verb Type 1 (puhun, puhut, puhuu)

Verb Type 1 with consonant gradation

Negative verbs (en puhu, et lue)

External location (-lla/-llä)

There is / there are (kaupungissa on)

Possession (minulla on)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yksi, kaksi, kolme)

The partitive singular (-a/-ä, -ta/-tä)

Quantities with numbers (kaksi autoa)

Negative possession (ei ole)

Numbers 11 to 100 and 1000

Partitive verbs

Partitive personal pronouns (minua, sinua)

Verb Type 2 (-da/-dä)

Partitive for mass nouns (-a/-ä, -ta/-tä)

Partitive for negative objects

Adjective agreement

Verb Type 3

The elative case (-sta/-stä)

Negative possession (minulla ei ole…)

The illative case (-Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Numbers 21 to 99

Static vs. movement verbs

Verb Type 4 (-Vta / -Vtä)

Verb Type 5 (-ita / -itä)

Genitive singular for possession (-n)

Total object (-n)

Accusative personal pronouns (-t)

Obligation (täytyy)

Into places (-Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Postpositions with the genitive

My and your (-ni, -si)

Onto and to someone (-lle)

From someone or somewhere (-lta, -ltä)

Telling time (kello on...)

Months of the year (-ssa, -ssä)

Days of the week (-na, -nä)

When and why (milloin, miksi)

The illative case (mihin, -Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Past tense of to be (olin, olit, oli)

The seasons (kevät, kesä, syksy, talvi)

The imperative mood (lue!, syö!, mene!)

The past tense of to be (olin, oli)

The illative case (-hVn, -seen)

Greetings and goodbyes (hei, näkemiin)

Thank you and sorry (kiitos, anteeksi)

Liking things (pitää / tykätä + -sta/-stä)

Temporary states and roles (-na/-nä)

Change of state (-ksi)

Ongoing actions (-massa/-mässä)

Going to do an action (-maan/-mään)

Returning from an action (-masta/-mästä)

Third-person possessives (-nsa/-nsä or -Vn)

Plural possessives (-mme, -nne)

Indefinite pronouns (joku, jokin, kaikki)

Negative indefinite pronouns (ei kukaan, ei mikään)

Commands for verb types 4 and 5

Adverb formation (-sti)

Past tense for verb type 1 (-i-)

Past tense vowel changes for verb type 1 (-o- / -i-)

Past tense for verb type 2 (-i-)

Past tense for verb type 3 (-i-)

Past tense for verb type 4 (-si-)

Past tense for verb type 5 (-itsi-)

Past tense consonant gradation

Past participles for verb types 1 and 2 (-nut / -nyt)

Past participle singular for verb types 3-5 (-nnut, -llut)

Active past participle plural (-neet)

Past tense negative (en mennyt, emme olleet)

The perfect tense (olen ollut)

The perfect tense negative (en ole nähnyt)

Total plural objects (-t)

Partitive plural (-ia / -iä)

Partitive plural (-ja / -jä)

Question	Answer
to let / to allow	antaa
privacy	yksityisyys
Did you let the app break your privacy?	Annoitko sovelluksen rikkoa yksityisyyttäsi?
personal data	henkilötieto
We do not allow the third party to use your personal data.	Emme salli kolmannen osapuolen käyttää henkilötietojasi.
Personal data collected on the internet is valuable.	Netissä kerätyt henkilötiedot ovat arvokkaita.
browser	selain
cookie	eväste
The browser allows the website to save cookies.	Selain sallii sivuston tallentaa evästeitä.
Do not let the browser save unnecessary cookies.	Älä anna selaimen tallentaa tarpeettomia evästeitä.
The browser updated yesterday is fast.	Eilen päivitetty selain on nopea.
data security	tietoturva
Good data security allows us to work in peace.	Hyvä tietoturva antaa meidän työskennellä rauhassa.
The boss got angry about the bad data security.	Pomo suuttui huonosta tietoturvasta.
You allowed the app to use the camera.	Sallit sovelluksen käyttää kameraa.
hacker	hakkeri
access	pääsy
Does the hacker have access to the database?	Onko hakkerilla pääsy tietokantaan?
to snoop	urkkia
A hacker snooping on the network is dangerous.	Verkossa urkkiva hakkeri on vaarallinen.
We didn't let the hacker steal the data.	Emme antaneet hakkerin varastaa tietoja.
I suspect that the app snoops on my files.	Epäilen, että sovellus urkkii tiedostojani.
Never let a stranger snoop on your phone.	Älä koskaan anna tuntemattoman urkkia puhelintasi.
setting	asetus
You can change the settings at any time.	Voit vaihtaa asetuksia milloin tahansa.
I was delighted with the new privacy settings.	Ilahduin uusista yksityisyyden asetuksista.
advertisement	mainos
I do not allow the company to show me advertisements.	En salli yrityksen näyttää minulle mainoksia.
Are you interested in the advertisements shown in the app?	Oletko kiinnostunut sovelluksessa näytetyistä mainoksista?
This setting lets the user block access to personal data.	Tämä asetus antaa käyttäjän estää pääsyn henkilötietoihin.