| Case | Finnish form | English meaning | |------|--------------|----------------| | Nominative | Otava oppilas | Otava [is a/the] student | | Genitive | Otavan oppilaan | of Otava's student / Otava's student's | | Partitive | Otavaa oppilasta | (some) Otava student | | Inessive | Otavassa oppilaassa | in Otava student | | Adessive | Otavalla oppilaalla | at/on Otava student |
(Otava takes the student) — then "otava" is a verb form (ottaa = to take), but it would be ottaa , not otava . otava oppilaan