Breakdown of Uudet opiskelijat kävelevät museoon.
uusi
new
kävellä
to walk
opiskelija
student
museo
the museum
Questions & Answers about Uudet opiskelijat kävelevät museoon.
Why is the word for "new" written as uudet instead of uusi?
Adjectives in Finnish have to match the noun they describe. Because opiskelijat (students) is plural and ends in a -t, the basic adjective uusi must also take the plural -t ending to become uudet.
How exactly does uusi change into uudet?
Words ending in -si often change to -te- before adding an ending. When we add the plural -t, the t in the stem softens to a d because of a rule called consonant gradation. So, uusi becomes the stem uute-, which then becomes uudet.
Why does the verb kävelevät end in -vät?
Verbs must match the subject of the sentence. Since uudet opiskelijat means "the new students" (which is a "they"), the verb kävellä (to walk) takes the "they" ending, which is -vat or -vät.
What does the ending on museoon mean?
It means "into" or "to." Verbs of motion like kävellä (to walk) usually require the destination to take this "into" ending (the illative case). For a word like museo, you form it by doubling the last vowel and adding -n.
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