Questions & Answers about Opettaja tulee kohta.
Can I translate this as "The teacher is coming soon"?
Yes, absolutely! Finnish doesn't have a separate continuous form like English does with "is coming" or "are doing". The basic present tense verb tulee covers both "comes" and "is coming".
How do we know the teacher will come in the future if the verb is in the present tense?
Finnish does not have a dedicated future tense! To talk about the future, you just use the present tense verb (tulee) and add a time word like kohta (soon) to make it clear when it happens.
I learned that pian also means "soon". Is there a difference between kohta and pian?
They are very similar and often interchangeable. Kohta is slightly more common in everyday spoken Finnish and usually implies something is happening in just a moment. Pian is a bit more standard or formal for "soon".
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