Breakdown of Nämä uudet autot ovat myös ulkona.
olla
to be
auto
car
myös
also
ulkona
outside
nämä
these
uusi
new
Questions & Answers about Nämä uudet autot ovat myös ulkona.
Why do we use nämä instead of tämä in this sentence?
Tämä means 'this' for a single item. Because we are talking about multiple cars (autot), we must use the plural form, nämä ('these'). In Finnish, words like 'this' and 'that' must match the noun and become plural too.
Why is the word for 'new' spelled uudet instead of just adding a T to uusi?
Adjectives have to match the noun they describe. Since autot is plural, the adjective needs the plural -t ending too. However, many Finnish words ending in -si (like uusi) change their stem to -de- before you can add endings. That is why uusi becomes uudet.
Could I just say Nämä uudet autot on myös ulkona?
In standard, written Finnish, you must use ovat because the subject is plural ('they are'). However, in spoken, everyday Finnish, people actually do use the singular on with plural subjects very often! Since you are learning the standard rules first, stick to ovat here.
Since everything else is plural, why don't myös and ulkona have plural -t endings?
Only nouns, pronouns (like nämä), and adjectives (like uudet) take plural endings. Words like myös (also) and ulkona (outside) are adverbs. Adverbs are rigid words that never change their shape to match the subject.
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