Word
Silmäsi on punainen ja väsynyt.
Meaning
Your eye is red and tired.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Silmäsi on punainen ja väsynyt.
How do we get silmäsi from the basic word for eye?
The dictionary word for eye is silmä. To say "your" (singular) in standard written Finnish, you attach the possessive suffix -si directly to the end of the noun. So, silmä + -si becomes silmäsi.
Don't I need to use the word sinun (your) before silmäsi?
In standard written Finnish, you can just use the suffix -si on its own to mean "your". You can also say sinun silmäsi, but for the first and second person (my, your), the separate pronoun sinun is completely optional because the suffix already tells us whose eye it is.
Why are the adjectives punainen and väsynyt in their basic dictionary forms?
Adjectives in Finnish must match the noun they describe. Because silmäsi refers to a single eye acting as the subject of the sentence (the basic nominative case), the adjectives describing it stay in their basic singular form too.
Is väsynyt an adjective or a past tense verb here?
It acts as a normal adjective meaning tired. It is originally formed from the verb väsyä (to get tired) in a way very similar to how English adds "-ed" to verbs to make adjectives, but at this level you can just memorize väsynyt as a regular adjective.