Finnish indefinite pronouns

Finnish has three main series of indefinite pronouns: the non-emphatic -kin-series, based on the relative pronouns (joku), and two series derived from the interrogatives, the mainly negative -kaan-series (kukaan) and the free-choice series with hyvänsä (kuka hyvänsä), which has the equivalent tahansa. Eräs 'a certain' is counted a series of its own. The members are those of Haspelmath's table, in their usual spelling where he hyphenates (kuka-an), with mitenkään for his miten-kaan; his dual determiners (jompikumpi) are determiners here. Kukaan and kuka tahansa are also Finnish.PolarityItems.kukaan and Finnish.PolarityItems.kukaTahansa.

References

• [Has97]

def Finnish.Indefinites.eräs : IndefinitePronoun

The determiner eräs 'a certain'.

Equations

• Finnish.Indefinites.eräs = { form := "eräs", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.determiner }

def Finnish.Indefinites.joku : IndefinitePronoun

joku, of the -kin-series, a compound of the roots jo- and ku- without the suffix.

Equations

• Finnish.Indefinites.joku = { form := "joku", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

def Finnish.Indefinites.kukaan : IndefinitePronoun

kukaan, the interrogative kuka with -kaan.

Equations

• Finnish.Indefinites.kukaan = { form := "kukaan", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

def Finnish.Indefinites.kukaHyvänsä : IndefinitePronoun

kuka hyvänsä, the interrogative kuka with hyvänsä.

Equations

• Finnish.Indefinites.kukaHyvänsä = { form := "kuka hyvänsä", ontology := Pronoun.OntologicalCategory.person }

The series

def Finnish.Indefinites.eräsSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The series of eräs.

Equations

• Finnish.Indefinites.eräsSeries = { name := "eräs", members := {Finnish.Indefinites.eräs} }

def Finnish.Indefinites.kinSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -kin-series.

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def Finnish.Indefinites.kaanSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -kaan-series.

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def Finnish.Indefinites.hyvänsäSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The hyvänsä-series.

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