Questions & Answers about Maksaako tuo uusi kirja paljon?
How is the word maksaako formed from the basic verb?
The dictionary form is maksaa (to cost). Since it ends in two vowels, it is a Type 1 verb. To find the stem, we drop the final -a, giving us maksa-. For the third-person singular ("it costs"), we lengthen the final vowel of the stem, which brings us back to maksaa. Finally, to turn the statement into a yes/no question, we attach the question particle -ko to the end, resulting in maksaako.
I thought maksaa meant "to pay". Why does it mean "to cost" here?
In Finnish, the verb maksaa does double duty! It means both "to pay" (when a person is the subject doing the paying) and "to cost" (when an item like the book, kirja, is the subject).
Why does the verb maksaako come at the very beginning of the sentence?
When you form a yes/no question in Finnish, the word with the question ending (-ko or -kö) is always moved to the very front of the sentence. Since we are asking a question about the action (does it cost a lot?), the verb gets the -ko and goes first.
Could we use se instead of tuo here?
Both words can sometimes translate to "that", but tuo is specifically used to point out something physical that you can see but isn't right next to you ("that one over there"). The word se is more often used as a pronoun for "it" or to refer to an abstract thing already mentioned in a conversation. Because you are pointing out a specific physical book here, tuo is the best fit.
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