The English preposition 'of' is expressed at least in four different ways in Finnish:
With a genitive:
With a compound word:
With the elative ending 'sta' or the ablative ending 'lta':
With something absolutely different:
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With a genitive:
- Helsingin yliopisto - University of Helsinki
- Karibianmeren merirosvot - Pirates of the Caribbean (No, the translation is not really used. But it could be!)
With a compound word:
- Valtaistuinpeli - Game of Thrones
- Teräspakarat - Buns of Steel
With the elative ending 'sta' or the ablative ending 'lta':
- Mene pois / ulos täältä! - Get out of here!
- Oletko nähnyt Eedenistä itään -elokuvan? - Have you seen the movie "East of Eden"?
- Haluankiittää sinua äitini puolesta. - I want to thank you on behalf of my mother.
With something absolutely different:
- Neljä tyttöä ja maagiset farkut on mahtava elokuva. - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is an awesome movie.
- Totta kai! - Of course!
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