Muusikko heräsi aikaisin, koska hänen täytyy harjoitella tänään.

Questions & Answers about Muusikko heräsi aikaisin, koska hänen täytyy harjoitella tänään.

How do we get heräsi from the dictionary form herätä?
Herätä is a Type 4 verb. To form the past tense (imperfect) for Type 4 verbs, you take the word stem by dropping the final -tä, and then add the past tense marker -si-. Because the subject is a third-person singular noun (muusikko), no personal ending is added, leaving us with heräsi.
Why does the sentence use hänen instead of hän before täytyy?
In Finnish, verbs expressing necessity like täytyy (must or have to) require the subject to be in the genitive case. That is why we use hänen (his/her) instead of the basic form hän (he/she).
Why is harjoitella in its basic dictionary form?
It directly follows the verb täytyy. In the necessity structure, the main action verb always stays in its basic dictionary form, also known as the infinitive. Therefore, he has to practice translates to hänen täytyy harjoitella.
Why use aikaisin instead of aikainen for the word early?
Aikainen is an adjective used to describe nouns, like an early morning. Aikaisin is the adverb form, used to describe how or when an action happens. Since it describes when the musician woke up, we must use the adverb aikaisin.

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