Quote Originally Posted by basurero
THanks for the example - very interesting stuff. But how do you have cases for an infinitive (do you mean a verb eg цитировать)?

A verb can become nominal, meaning it is considered to be a noun. This is called infinitive in Finnish.

an example of the 4th infinitive:

laulaa (to sing) -> laulaminen (singing, generally: "I like singing")