No. 626 in Finnish
molemmat
"Both."
In a sentence
Molemmat ystävät saapuivat ajoissa.
Both friends arrived on time.
In this sentence, 'molemmat' is used as a pronoun referring to 'both' people who are friends.
Pidän molemmista vaihtoehdoista.
I like both options.
Here, 'molemmista' is the partitive case form of 'molemmat', agreeing with the partitive object 'vaihtoehdoista'.
Molemmilla pojilla on uusi polkupyörä.
Both boys have a new bicycle.
In this example, 'molemmilla' is in the adessive case, indicating possession together with 'pojilla' (the boys).
Molemmat kirjat ovat pöydällä.
Both books are on the table.
The word "molemmat" is used as a pronoun referring to two items mentioned (books).
Pidän molemmista elokuvista.
I like both movies.
Here, "molemmat" is in the partitive case "molemmista" indicating liking of the two items (movies).
He molemmat ovat ystäviäni.
They both are my friends.
In this sentence, "molemmat" is used as a subject pronoun to describe two persons indicated by "he".
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