Word
Opettaja keskusteli artikkelista.
Meaning
The teacher discussed the article.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Opettaja keskusteli artikkelista.
opettaja
teacher
keskustella
to discuss
artikkeli
the article
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Questions & Answers about Opettaja keskusteli artikkelista.
How do we build the past tense word keskusteli?
The dictionary form is keskustella (to discuss), which is a Type 3 verb. To form the past tense, we find the consonant stem by dropping the -la, giving us keskustel-. Then we add the past tense marker -i. For the 3rd person singular ('he/she'), we do not add any extra personal ending, leaving us with keskusteli.
How does this past tense form differ from the present tense?
In the present tense, a vowel is added to the stem, and the 3rd person singular ending lengthens that vowel, making it keskustelee (the teacher discusses). In the past tense seen here, the past marker -i overrides that, and there is no vowel lengthening, resulting in just keskusteli (the teacher discussed).
Why does the sentence use artikkelista instead of just the basic word artikkeli?
The verb keskustella requires the thing being discussed to be in the elative case, which means adding the ending -sta or -stä. In English, we just say 'discussed the article', but Finnish grammar works more like 'discussed about the article', which is why artikkeli becomes artikkelista.