Word
Minä tarvitsin uuden näytön.
Meaning
I needed a new screen.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Minä tarvitsin uuden näytön.
How do we form the past tense for tarvita in this sentence?
tarvita (to need) is a Type 5 verb. To make the past tense, you drop the infinitive ending -ta to get the stem tarvi-, add the Type 5 past tense marker -itsi-, and finally add the personal ending -n for "I". This gives us tarvitsin (I needed).
Why is the object uuden näytön instead of the basic form uusi näyttö?
The object of an affirmative sentence usually takes the genitive case (ending in -n) when it is a single, complete thing. Since you needed one whole new screen, both the adjective and the noun take the -n ending to show they are the total object.
Why does the word for "new" (uusi) change to uuden here?
Old Finnish words ending in -si follow a specific pattern. When you add a case ending like the genitive -n, the -si changes to -de-. Therefore, uusi becomes uuden.
Why does näyttö (screen) lose a "t" when it becomes näytön?