Word
Naisella ei ole kuittia.
Meaning
The woman does not have a receipt.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Naisella ei ole kuittia.
olla
to be
nainen
woman
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
kuitti
receipt
Questions & Answers about Naisella ei ole kuittia.
Why does the word for woman, nainen, change to naisella here?
Words ending in -nen usually change the -nen to -se- before adding an ending. So, nainen becomes the stem naise-. Then we add the -lla ending to indicate who has something (literally "on the woman").
Why does the sentence use ole instead of on?
Why is the word for receipt kuittia instead of the dictionary form kuitti?
Because the woman does not have it! In Finnish, when you state that someone does not have something, the thing they are lacking must be put into the partitive case. Here, we add the partitive ending -a to kuitti to get kuittia.
Is the word order strictly fixed for this type of sentence?