Numbers
Numbers have a wide range of uses from counting, specifying how much something costs, identifying how much of something there is, specifying dates, and so forth. Listed below are basic examples of numbers in both plain and spoken Finnish.
Cardinal numbers
Cardinal numbers are used for counting or when indicating quantity. Spoken Finnish tends to take a few syllabic shortcuts with numbers over book Finnish, especially when counting.
Read more about cardinal numbers.
Ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers are a way to designate the place an object appears in an ordered sequence. Common ordinal numbers describe concepts such as first, second, third, while latinate ordinal numbers describe concepts such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
Read more about ordinal numbers.
Fractional numbers
Fractional numbers, or simply fractions, are a way to represent parts of a whole. Fractions consist of two numbers: a numerator and a denominator. The denominator denotes the total number of equal parts into which something is divided while the numerator denotes the equal parts being considered.
Read more about fractional numbers.
Multiplicative numbers
Multiplicative numbers represent repetition by indicating how many multiples of something are occurring or are in occurrence.
Read more about multiplicative numbers.
Range between numbers
The way to explain the numerical range for when something begins and ends.
Read more about range between numbers.
Names of the numbers
While not something that English has an exact counterpart to aside from a five-dollar bill being colloquially known as a “fiver” or the number 9 being known as “niner” in radio communications, Finnish has names for the numbers themselves.
Read more about the names of the numbers.
Approximate numbers
How to approximate numbers or give a general, inexact numerical value.
Read more about approximate numbers.
Number generator
A small tool to input a number and receive its written equivalent in both written and spoken Finnish.