Breakdown of Tuo vanha kello maksaa kahdeksankymmentä euroa.
tuo
that
vanha
old
maksaa
to cost
kello
watch / clock (the time)
Questions & Answers about Tuo vanha kello maksaa kahdeksankymmentä euroa.
The word for eighty, kahdeksankymmentä, is so long! How is it put together?
Finnish numbers from 20 to 90 are built by combining the base number and kymmentä (which means "tens"). So, kahdeksan (eight) plus kymmentä (tens) becomes kahdeksankymmentä (eighty). It is written as one single word.
Why is the word for euros euroa instead of just euro?
In Finnish, any number greater than one must be followed by a noun in the partitive case. The partitive form of euro is euroa. You can think of it as saying "eighty of euro".
I thought maksaa meant "to pay". Why does it mean "costs" here?
The verb maksaa is used for both "to pay" and "to cost". You can tell which one it is by the context. If a person is doing the action, they are paying. If an object like a watch (kello) is doing the action, it costs a certain amount.
Why use tuo for "that" instead of se?
Both words can translate to "that" in English, but tuo is a demonstrative word used when you are physically pointing out a specific object you can see (like "that watch over there"). Se is usually used for things that were just mentioned in conversation, and it often just means "it".