Breakdown of En venytellyt eilen, ja nyt lihas on kipeä.
olla
to be
ja
and
nyt
now
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
Questions & Answers about En venytellyt eilen, ja nyt lihas on kipeä.
Why does the verb venytellyt end in -llyt? I thought the negative past tense used -nut or -nyt.
Venytellyt comes from the verb venytellä (to stretch), which is a Type 3 verb. To form the negative past tense for Type 3 verbs, we add the past participle ending to the consonant stem. Because the stem ends in -l (venytel-), the usual -n- of the ending assimilates (changes to match) that consonant. So, instead of -nyt, it becomes -llyt.
How do I know the dictionary form of venytellyt if I want to look it up?
When you see a negative past tense verb ending in -llyt, -rryt, or -ssyt, it usually belongs to Verb Type 3. You can find the dictionary form by replacing that double consonant ending with -lla or -llä. So venytellyt becomes venytellä.
The word lihas ends in -s. Is that a special grammatical case?
No, lihas (muscle) is just in its basic dictionary form (nominative) here. It belongs to a group of Finnish words that naturally end in -as or -äs, like asiakas (customer) or rakas (dear). It is the subject of the second part of the sentence, which is why it is in this basic form.
I learned that means "sick." Why does it translate to "sore" here?