Breakdown of Tehtaassa on yhdeksänkymmentäkaksi ihmistä.
olla
to be
ihminen
human
kaksi
two
yhdeksänkymmentä
ninety
tehdas
factory
Questions & Answers about Tehtaassa on yhdeksänkymmentäkaksi ihmistä.
Why does the sentence use the singular verb on (is) when there are 92 people?
How does the basic word tehdas (factory) become tehtaassa?
Finnish words ending in -as usually change their ending to -aa- before adding most grammar endings. So the base of tehdas becomes tehtaa-. Then you just add the 'in' ending -ssa to make tehtaassa (in the factory).
How is the long number yhdeksänkymmentäkaksi (92) broken down?
Finnish numbers are written as one long word, but they are built very logically. This one breaks down into yhdeksän (nine) + kymmentä (tens) + kaksi (two).
Why is the word for people, ihmistä, in the partitive case?
In Finnish, whenever you use a number greater than one, the noun that follows it must be in the singular partitive case. Because there are 92 of them, the word for person must take this form.
How do you form ihmistä from the basic dictionary word?
The basic word is ihminen (person). A very common rule for A1 learners to remember is that words ending in -nen change that ending to -s- before taking the partitive ending -tä. This turns ihminen into ihmistä.
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