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Hana Filip (1999). CHAPTER 6.
URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~hfilip/diss_garland_files/ch6.w.pdf
(Last accessed 2009-07-23).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 538&langcode=fin (2021-05-15).
Example #1:
(30) a. Näin kukkia.
saw.1SG flower.PL.PART
`I saw (some) flowers.' (i.e. there were others I did not see)
Example #2:
b. Näin kukat.
saw.1SG flower.PL.ACC
`I saw the flowers.' (i.e. all of them, a total quantity)
Example #3:
b. Hän ajoi auton talliin.
he drove.3SG car.SG.ACC garage.ILL
`He drove the car into the garage.'
Example #4:
c. Hän ajoi autoa talliin.
he drove.3SG car.SG.PART garage.ILL
`He was driving the car into the garage.'
Example #5:
(33) a. Tyttö heittää lumi-pallon. (Toivainen, 1991:5)
girl throws.3SG snow-ball.SG.ACC
`The girl will throw the snowball4.
Example #6:
b. Tyttö heittää lumi-palloa.
girl throws.3SG snow-ball.SG.PART
`The girl throws/ will throw/ is throwing a/the snowball.'