Questions & Answers about Minä pesen koiran kylpyhuoneessa.
Why is the ending -ssa used for kylpyhuoneessa if washing involves physical movement?
In Finnish, pestä (to wash) is a static verb. Even though your hands are moving, the event itself stays in one location. Therefore, you use the inessive case ending -ssa (in) because the action happens inside the bathroom, rather than moving into or out of it.
Why is the word for dog written as koiran with an -n at the end?
The dog is the object of the action. Because you are washing the whole dog and the action is seen as complete, Finnish puts the object in the genitive case with the -n ending. If you were only washing part of the dog or just washing it for an unspecified time, you would use the partitive case (koiraa).
What is the dictionary form of the verb pesen?
The infinitive (dictionary form) is pestä. It belongs to verb type 3. To make the 'I' form, the -stä ending is removed, replaced with an -e- to make the stem pese-, and then the personal ending -n is added.
How is the word kylpyhuoneessa built?
It is a compound noun. Kylpy means bath, and huone means room. Finally, the -ssa ending is the inessive case meaning 'in'. So it literally translates to bath-room-in.
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