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Questions & Answers about Hän laulaa vielä kerran.
The lesson is about numbers 2 and up taking the partitive. Why isn't kerta in the partitive here?
That partitive rule only applies to numbers 2 and above, like in kaksi kertaa (two times). Because this sentence is about doing something exactly one time, we just use the word kerran (once) instead of a partitive form.
Where is the number "one" in this sentence?
It is built into the word kerran. The basic word is kerta (a time or occasion), but the form kerran specifically means "once" or "one time". You do not need to add the word yksi (one).
I learned that vielä means "still". Why does it mean "more" here?
vielä usually means "still" or "yet", but when combined with numbers, amounts, or times, it translates to "more". The phrase vielä kerran literally means "still once", which is how Finnish says "one more time".
How do we know Hän means "she" and not "he"?
We don't! The Finnish pronoun hän is completely gender-neutral. The translation uses "she" as an example, but "He sings one more time" is also a perfectly correct translation.