Questions & Answers about Minä kysyn vielä kerran.
How do we know this means "I will ask" instead of "I ask"?
Finnish doesn't have a separate future tense. The present tense verb kysyn (I ask) is used for both things happening right now and things that will happen in the future. The context of saying "one more time" implies you are about to do it.
This lesson is about numbers 2 and above taking the partitive case. Why isn't kerran in the partitive?
The rule for numbers 2 and above doesn't apply to the number 1! The word kerran means "once" or "one time". Because it refers to a single time, it doesn't use the partitive case. If you wanted to say "two times", you would use the partitive rule you are learning: kaksi kertaa.
What is the dictionary form of kerran?
The dictionary form is kerta (time or occasion). To say "once" or "one time", Finnish uses this specific form, kerran. Notice the consonant gradation here: the -rt- in the middle softens to -rr- when the -n ending is added.
How does vielä kerran literally translate?
The word vielä usually means "still" or "yet", and kerran means "once". Put together, vielä kerran is a fixed, everyday phrase that translates to "once more" or "one more time".
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