Breakdown of Ravintolassa on kaksikymmentä pöytää ja seitsemänkymmentä tuolia.
olla
to be
tuoli
chair
ja
and
pöytä
table
ravintola
restaurant
kaksikymmentä
twenty
seitsemänkymmentä
seventy
Questions & Answers about Ravintolassa on kaksikymmentä pöytää ja seitsemänkymmentä tuolia.
How do you form words for tens, like kaksikymmentä (twenty) and seitsemänkymmentä (seventy)?
You simply take the base number and add kymmentä (which is the partitive form of kymmenen, meaning "ten"). So, kaksi (two) + kymmentä = kaksikymmentä (twenty), and seitsemän (seven) + kymmentä = seitsemänkymmentä (seventy).
Why do we use pöytää and tuolia instead of their regular plural forms?
If there are many tables and chairs, why does the sentence use the singular verb on (is) instead of ovat (are)?
This is a "There is / There are" sentence, which in Finnish usually starts with a location (ravintolassa). In these types of sentences, the verb is always the singular on, no matter how many things there are. Furthermore, when a subject starts with a number greater than one in Finnish, the verb is always singular!
What does the -ssa ending on ravintolassa do?
The -ssa ending means "in" or "inside". By adding it to the base word ravintola (restaurant), it translates to ravintolassa (in the restaurant). This ending dictates the location for our "There is / There are" sentence.
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