Breakdown of Minä join vettä, koska keitossa oli liikaa suolaa.
olla
to be
minä
I
koska
because
suola
salt
juoda
to drink
vesi
water
keitto
soup
liikaa
too much
Questions & Answers about Minä join vettä, koska keitossa oli liikaa suolaa.
How does the verb juoda (to drink) become join in the past tense here?
Juoda is a Type 2 verb, meaning its stem ends in two vowels: juo-. To form the past tense, we drop the first vowel of that pair (the u), add the past tense marker -i-, and finally add the personal ending -n for 'I'. That gives us join (I drank).
Why is water in the partitive case (vettä) in this sentence?
We use the partitive case for uncountable nouns when we are talking about an indefinite amount. You drank 'some' water, not a specific, complete portion. As a quick refresher, the base word vesi has a special stem change to vet- before adding the partitive ending -tä.
Why does the Finnish sentence say keitossa oli ('in the soup was') instead of using a verb for 'had'?
What causes suola (salt) to become suolaa at the end of the sentence?
The word liikaa (too much) always forces the noun that comes immediately after it into the partitive case. Therefore, suola gets the partitive ending -a to become suolaa.
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