Breakdown of Lompakkoni on täynnä kuitteja.
olla
to be
minun
my
täynnä
full
lompakko
the wallet
kuitti
the receipt
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Questions & Answers about Lompakkoni on täynnä kuitteja.
Why is lompakkoni written as one word with -ni at the end, and why isn’t there a separate word for “my”?
Finnish marks possession by adding a suffix directly to the noun. Here lompakko (“wallet”) + -ni (“my”) = lompakkoni (“my wallet”). You can optionally include the separate pronoun minun for emphasis—Minun lompakkoni on täynnä kuitteja—but it isn’t required.
What case is lompakkoni in, and how do I know it’s the subject?
Lompakkoni is in the nominative singular (despite the suffix, it remains nominative). In Finnish, the subject of the sentence stays in the nominative, so this form clearly tells you that “my wallet” is doing the “being full.”
What part of speech is täynnä, and why do we use it here instead of täysi?
Täynnä is a predicative adjective meaning “full.” When you say X on täynnä Y, you mean “X is full of Y.” You use täynnä after the verb olla (“to be”). On the other hand, täysi is the attributive form of “full” and goes before a noun (e.g. täysi lompakko = “a full wallet”), but cannot be used predicatively with a partitive object.
Why is kuitteja in the partitive plural, not the nominative plural kuitit?
Adjectives like täynnä require their complement in the partitive case to express an indefinite or incomplete quantity. The plural partitive of kuitti (“receipt”) is kuitteja, so täynnä kuitteja translates as “full of receipts.”
How do you form the partitive plural of kuitti?
Kuitti follows the regular consonant-stem pattern. Plural nominative is kuitit, but partitive plural is formed by inserting -e- + -ja: kuitti → kuitteja.
If I wanted to say “I filled my wallet with receipts,” how would I do that in Finnish?
Use the verb täyttää (“to fill”) plus the thing you fill with in the adessive case:
Täytin lompakkoni kuiteilla.
Alternatively, you can use the stative verb täyttyä (“to become full”):
Lompakkoni täyttyi kuiteista.
What’s the difference between täyteen and täynnä?
Täyteen is used to express the action or goal of filling something up, often with translations like “until (something) is full.” For example:
Kaadan lasin täyteen vettä. (“I pour water until the glass is full.”)
Täynnä describes the resulting state:
Lasi on täynnä vettä. (“The glass is full of water.”)
Could I say Lompakkoni on täysi kuitteja?
No. Täysi must be used attributively before a noun (e.g. täysi lompakko), and it does not govern the partitive case. To say “is full of receipts,” you need the predicative form täynnä plus the partitive plural kuitteja.