Number: number
Number is a feature of nouns, pronouns and numbers as well as of verbs and
adjectives that mark agreement with them.
Number is a common morphological feature. It is used for both number of
nominals and number in verbal inflection. Number in Uralic languages can
typically appear multiple times as a layered feature, e.g. in possession as
number of nominals and number of possessors. For layered features, see
Number[psor] and Number[psed].
Sing: Singular
A singular noun denotes one person, animal or thing.
Singular examples
- [fi] talo “house”, minä “I”, yksi “one”, kolme “three”
- [fi] syön “I eat”, juokset “you (singular) run”
# sentence-text: Roolitus oli hyvin onnistunut.
1 Roolitus roolitus NOUN N Case=Nom|Number=Sing 4 nsubj:cop _ _
2 oli olla VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act 4 cop
_ _
3 hyvin hyvin ADV Adv _ 4 advmod _ _
4 onnistunut onnistunut ADJ A Case=Nom|Degree=Pos|Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No
5 . . PUNCT Punct _ 4 punct _ _
~̃~~
### `Plur`: Singular
A plural noun denotes number of person, animal or thing.
#### Plural examples
* [fi] _talot_ "houses", _me_ "we", _yhdet_ "lit. ones", _kolmet_ "lit. threes"
* [fi] _syömme_ "we eat", _juoksette_ "you (plural) run"
~~~ conllu
# sentence-text: Sisustajan perheessä on tupaantuliaisjuhlat ja jäimme kaupunkiin niiden vuoksi.
1 Sisustajan sisustaja NOUN N Case=Gen|Number=Sing 2 nmod:poss _ _
2 perheessä perhe NOUN N Case=Ine|Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _
3 on olla VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act 0 root
_ _
4 tupaantuliaisjuhlat tupaantuliaiset#juhla NOUN N Case=Nom|Number=Plur 3 nsubj _
_
5 ja ja CONJ C _ 3 cc _ _
6 jäimme jäädä VERB V Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act 3 conj
_ _
7 kaupunkiin kaupunki NOUN N Case=Ill|Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _
8 niiden se PRON Pron Case=Gen|Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ _
9 vuoksi vuoksi ADP Adp AdpType=Post 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No
10 . . PUNCT Punct _ 3 punct _ _
Dual: Singular
A Dual noun denotes two person, animal or thing.
Dual examples
None in Finnish.
Number in other languages: [am] [ar] [bg] [bxr] [ca] [ckb] [cop] [cs] [cu] [da] [de] [el] [en] [es] [et] [eu] [fa] [fi] [fo] [fr] [ga] [gl] [got] [grc] [he] [hi] [hr] [hu] [id] [it] [ja] [kk] [kmr] [ko] [la] [lv] [mr] [nl] [no] [pl] [pt] [ro] [ru] [sa] [sk] [sla] [sl] [so] [sr] [sv] [swl] [ta] [tr] [u] [ug] [uk] [ur] [urj] [vi] [yue] [zh]