Big idea: The partitive (vettä) in everyday sentences: Haluan + partitive

Partitive is everywhere. A simple beginner rule: after ‘want/need’, you often use partitive.

Haluan + partitive

Many ‘I want X’ sentences use partitive.

Haluan vettä.

I want water.

Haluan kahvia.

I want coffee.

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I want water.

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Which sentence matches “I want water.”?