auto car auto/t the cars

maa country maa/t the countries

talo house talo/t the houses

hylly shelf hylly/t the shelves

nainen woman naise/t the women (cf. §20.1)

kivi stone kive/t the stones (cf. §18.2)

käsi hand käde/t the hands (cf. §18.4)

There are no articles in Finnish corresponding to the way the difference

between definite and indefinite meaning is expressed e.g. in English (the car,

a car). Whether the Finnish expression auto is to be interpreted as definite or

indefinite is often indicated by the word order of the sentence in question

(§25.3). The nominative plural, e.g. auto/t, almost always has the meaning

‘definite’.