Word
Opiskelija oppii laulun nopeasti.
Meaning
The student will learn the song quickly.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Opiskelija oppii laulun nopeasti.
Why is "the song" translated as laulun instead of laulua?
laulun uses the -n ending (the genitive-accusative object) because the action is total and completed. The student will learn the entire song. If they were only in the process of learning it or learning a part of it, you would use the partitive form laulua.
The English translation says "will learn", but isn't oppii in the present tense?
Yes! Finnish doesn't have a separate future tense. Instead, using a present tense verb like oppii together with a total object like laulun is the standard way to show that an action will be completed in the future.
Why does the verb oppia end in -ii here (oppii)?
oppii is the "he/she/it" (third-person singular) form. For most verbs, you make this form by taking the verb stem (here, oppi-) and doubling the last vowel, which gives you oppii.
How do we form the word nopeasti (quickly)?
You take the adjective nopea (quick or fast) and add the ending -sti. This -sti ending works exactly like "-ly" in English to turn an adjective into an adverb.