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Ravintolassa on lapsi ja nuori ihminen.

Ravintolassa on lapsi ja nuori ihminen.
There is a child and a young person in the restaurant.
From Lesson 18:There is / there are (kaupungissa on)·Finnish

Breakdown of Ravintolassa on lapsi ja nuori ihminen.

olla
to be
ja
and
nuori
young
lapsi
child
ravintola
restaurant
ihminen
human

Questions & Answers about Ravintolassa on lapsi ja nuori ihminen.

Why does this sentence start with the location (ravintolassa) instead of the people?
This is a Finnish "there is" sentence, called an existential clause. To say that something exists in a place, Finnish starts with the location, follows it with the verb on, and ends with the thing or person that is there.
There are two people (a child and a young person) in the restaurant. Why is the verb singular (on) instead of plural (ovat)?
In Finnish existential clauses, the verb is always in the third-person singular (on), even if there are multiple subjects joined by ja (and).
How is the word ravintolassa formed?
It is formed by taking the base word ravintola (restaurant) and adding the ending -ssa. This ending indicates location and means "in" or "inside" something.
Where is the word for "there" in the Finnish sentence?
Finnish does not use a dummy word for "there" in these types of sentences. The "Location + on + Subject" structure automatically translates to a "There is..." sentence in English.

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