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====Optative==== | ====Optative==== | ||
The optative mood is used to express wishes and potentiality. It is formed by the addition of ''-est(i)'' to the present stem and the primary inflexions ''-te, -ke, -na, -teen, -keen, nän''. | The optative mood is used to express wishes and potentiality. It is formed by the addition of ''-est(i)'' to the present stem and the primary inflexions ''-te, -ke, -na, -teen, -keen, nän''. | ||
* '' | * ''Tuleikä meleestina'' "May thy kingdom come." | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== |