Editing Ablative case (section)

===Finnish===
In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the ablative case is the sixth of the locative cases with the meaning "from, off, of": ''pöytä&nbsp;– pöydältä'' "table&nbsp;– off from the table". It is an outer locative case, used like the [[adessive]] and [[allative]] cases, to denote both being on top of something and "being around the place" (as opposed to the inner locative case, the [[elative case|elative]], which means "from out of" or "from the inside of"). With the locative, the receding object was near the other place or object, not inside it.

The Finnish ablative is also used in time expressions to indicate times of something happening (''kymmeneltä'' "at ten") as well as with verbs expressing feelings or emotions.

The Finnish ablative has the ending ''-lta'' or ''-ltä'', depending on [[vowel harmony]].

====Usage====
; away from a place:

*''katolta'': off the roof
*''pöydältä'': off the table
*''rannalta'': from the beach
*''maalta'': from the land
*''mereltä'': from the sea

; from a person, object or other entity:

*''häneltä'': from him/her/them

; with the verb ''lähteä'' (stop):

*''lähteä tupakalta'': stop smoking (in the sense of putting out the cigarette one is smoking now, lit. 'leave from the tobacco')
*''lähteä hippasilta'': stop playing tag (''hippa''=tag, ''olla hippasilla''=playing tag)

; to smell/taste/feel/look/sound like something:

*''haisee pahalta'': smells bad
*''maistuu hyvältä'': tastes good
*''tuntuu kamalalta'': feels awful
*''näyttää tyhmältä'': looks stupid
*''kuulostaa mukavalta'': sounds nice