Questions & Answers about Kerrotko sinä vastauksen minulle?
How do we make the word for 'to me' in this sentence?
This sentence uses the allative case ending -lle, which translates to 'to' or 'onto' someone. You take the word minä (I), use its base form minu-, and add -lle to get minulle (to me).
The dictionary form is kertoa (to tell). Why does it become kerrotko here?
First, we conjugate it for 'you' by adding -t. This triggers consonant gradation, changing the strong rt in kertoa to a weak rr, giving us kerrot (you tell). Then, we attach the question particle -ko to the end to turn it into a yes/no question.
Why is the word for answer vastauksen instead of the basic form vastaus?
Because the answer is the object of the sentence (the thing being told), it gets the -n object ending to show that the whole answer is being told. Words ending in -us like vastaus change to an -ukse- stem before endings are added, making it vastauksen.
Can we leave the word sinä out of this sentence?
Yes! The verb form kerrot already tells us that 'you' are the one doing the action. Adding sinä here is optional and just puts a little more emphasis on the 'you'.
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