Questions & Answers about Sinä jaoit uutisen.
Why is the verb jaoit missing the letter 'k' that is in its dictionary form jakaa?
This is due to consonant gradation! When we add the past tense marker -i- and the personal ending -t, the final syllable becomes 'closed' (it ends in a consonant). This triggers the weak grade. For the verb jakaa (to share), the k disappears completely, giving us the weak form jaoit.
Where does the 'o' in jaoit come from?
Jakaa is a Type 1 verb ending in -aa. A special rule for forming the past tense of these verbs is that the final a changes to an o before adding the past tense marker -i. So the strong stem jaka- becomes jakoi- before consonant gradation drops the k.
Why is the word for 'news' written as uutisen instead of uutinen?
Because the action of sharing was completed, the object takes the accusative case, which ends in -n. For Finnish words ending in -nen like uutinen, the stem changes to uutise- before you add the ending, resulting in uutisen.
Could I just say Jaoit uutisen without Sinä?
Yes, you can! Because the verb ending -t in jaoit already clearly tells us the subject is 'you' (singular), dropping the pronoun sinä is perfectly natural and very common.
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