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Questions & Answers about Tyttöystävä katsoo teitä.
Why do we use the form teitä instead of just te here?
How do I know if this sentence means "you" singular or plural?
The pronoun te (and its partitive form teitä) specifically means "you" in the plural, like "you all" or "you guys". It can also be used as a polite, formal "you" to a single person. If the girlfriend were looking at just one person informally, the sentence would use sinua instead.
Why does the verb katsoo end with a double "o"?
Katsoo comes from the verb katsoa (to look). For the "he/she/it" form, you take the stem katso- and double the last vowel, making it katsoo. Because tyttöystävä (the girlfriend) acts as a "she", we use this form.
Is tyttöystävä made of two different words?
Yes! It is a compound word made by joining tyttö (girl) and ystävä (friend). Combining them gives you the word for "girlfriend", exactly like in English.