| Affix function | number of borrowed affixes |
|---|---|
Information and examples are from Riionheimo (2002; 2010). Note that Finnish and Estonian are closely related.
2 tense (and person) markers
‑p ‘third person present’, e.g. maksa‑a‑p ‘it costs’, istu‑u‑p ‘he sits’, tullo‑o‑p ‘he comes’
‑si ‘past’, e.g. ve‑i‑si‑mme ‘we took’, osta‑si‑it ‘they bought it’, jouta‑si‑mme ‘we were in time’