Questions & Answers about Onko nenäsi kylmä?
Where is the word for "your" in this sentence?
In standard written Finnish, "your" is expressed by attaching the possessive ending -si directly to the noun. Here, nenä (nose) becomes nenäsi (your nose). You could also say sinun nenäsi, but the word sinun (your) is optional because the -si ending already does the job.
How does onko work to ask a question here?
To ask a yes/no question in Finnish, you take the main verb, add the question particle -ko or -kö, and put it at the very beginning of the sentence. Here, the verb is on (is), so it becomes onko (is it?).
Why doesn't the adjective kylmä have a matching -si ending?
Adjectives only change to match the case (like being in a specific location) or number (singular/plural) of the noun they describe, not who owns it. Because nenä is a basic singular subject here, the adjective kylmä stays in its basic singular form.
Did the word nenä undergo any spelling changes when adding -si?
No, it stayed exactly the same. When a noun ends in a vowel and doesn't contain consonants that are prone to changing (like k, p, or t), you simply glue the possessive ending directly to the basic word: nenä + -si = nenäsi.
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