Breakdown of Täällä on kolme pulloa ja neljä banaania.
olla
to be
ja
and
täällä
here
kolme
three
neljä
four
pullo
bottle
banaani
banana
Questions & Answers about Täällä on kolme pulloa ja neljä banaania.
Why does the sentence use on (is) instead of ovat (are) when there are multiple items?
In Finnish, sentences that state what exists somewhere (like "here is...") use the singular verb on. Additionally, whenever you use a number greater than one as the subject (like kolme or neljä), the verb must always stay in the singular form.
Why are the words for bottles and bananas in the singular form (pulloa, banaania) if there are several of them?
How do we form the partitive for pullo and banaani in this sentence?
For both of these words, you simply add an -a to the end of the basic dictionary form. Pullo (bottle) becomes pulloa, and banaani (banana) becomes banaania.
Why does the sentence start with täällä instead of tässä for "here"?
Täällä is used for a general area, like "around here" or "in this room". If the bottles and bananas were right in front of you in a very specific, exact spot you were pointing to, you would use tässä instead.
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