Breakdown of Onko parvekkeenne pieni, mutta sijaintinne hyvä?
olla
to be
mutta
but
pieni
small
hyvä
good
parveke
the balcony
sijainti
the location
Questions & Answers about Onko parvekkeenne pieni, mutta sijaintinne hyvä?
The dictionary word for balcony is parveke. Why does it change to parvekkee- before adding -nne?
Words ending in -e are a special group in Finnish. To form the stem where you attach suffixes (like the possessive -nne), you double the final e. Additionally, these words use "reverse" consonant gradation: the basic word has the weak grade, but the stem gets the strong grade. So, the single k in parveke becomes a double kk, giving us the stem parvekkee-.
Where is the word for "your" (teidän) in this sentence?
In Finnish, when you use a first or second-person possessive suffix like -nne (your, plural) or -mme (our), you can safely drop the separate pronoun (teidän or meidän). Saying teidän parvekkeenne is also perfectly correct, but just parvekkeenne means exactly the same thing and sounds very natural.
Does -nne mean "your" (plural) or "your" (formal singular)?
It can be either! Depending on the context, parvekkeenne could mean "your balcony" when speaking to a couple or family (plural "you"), or it could be used when politely addressing one person using the formal "you" (Te).
Why didn't the word sijainti (location) change at all before adding -nne?
Possessive suffixes are always added to the "inflectional stem" of a word. For many words ending in -i, including those ending in -nti like sijainti, the stem looks exactly the same as the dictionary form. Therefore, you just glue the suffix right onto the end: sijainti + nne = sijaintinne.
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