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Maksaako tuo hattu neljäkymmentä euroa?

Maksaako tuo hattu neljäkymmentä euroa?
Does that hat cost forty euros?
From Lesson 24:Numbers 11 to 100 and 1000·Finnish

Breakdown of Maksaako tuo hattu neljäkymmentä euroa?

tuo
that
hattu
hat
maksaa
to cost
euro
euro
neljäkymmentä
forty

Questions & Answers about Maksaako tuo hattu neljäkymmentä euroa?

How does maksaako become a question? Where is the word for 'does'?
Finnish doesn't use helper words like 'do' or 'does' to make questions. Instead, you take the verb, add the question ending -ko (or -kö), and put it at the very beginning of the sentence. Here, maksaa (costs) becomes maksaako (does it cost?).
I thought maksaa meant 'to pay'. Can it mean both?
Yes! Maksaa is a handy verb that means both 'to pay' and 'to cost'. You can usually tell the difference from context. Since a hat (hattu) can't pay for things, it must mean 'cost' in this sentence.
Why is euroa used instead of just euro or eurot?
In Finnish, whenever you have a number greater than one, the noun that follows it must be in the partitive singular case. Because we are talking about forty (neljäkymmentä), the basic word euro changes to its partitive form, euroa.
How is the word neljäkymmentä (forty) built?
To make multiples of ten, Finnish combines the first digit (like neljä for four) with kymmentä, which is the partitive form of the word for ten (kymmenen). It literally translates to 'four tens'.

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