Word
Pidätkö tuosta elokuvasta?
Meaning
Do you like that movie?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Pidätkö tuosta elokuvasta?
The lesson says the -sta ending means 'out of' or 'from'. Why does this sentence say 'out of that movie'?
In Finnish, certain verbs demand a specific case ending for the word they are acting on. The verb pitää (to like) always requires the thing you like to be in the elative case (-sta or -stä). So you aren't really saying 'from that movie'—it is just a strict grammar rule for how to say you like something!
Why do both tuosta and elokuvasta get the -sta ending?
In Finnish, pointer words like 'this' or 'that' have to match the case of the noun they describe. Because elokuva (movie) must be in the elative case (elokuvasta) to go with the verb pitää, the word tuo (that) also has to take the elative ending, becoming tuosta.
How is the word Pidätkö formed from the dictionary word pitää?
First, we conjugate the verb for 'you' (singular), which gives us pidät (you like). Notice that the strong consonant -t- changes to a weak -d-. Then, we add the question particle -kö to the end to turn the statement into a yes/no question.
Why is the question ending -kö instead of -ko?