Word
Vapaaehtoiset ovat järjestäneet uuden tapahtuman kirkon edessä.
Meaning
The volunteers have organized a new event in front of the church.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vapaaehtoiset ovat järjestäneet uuden tapahtuman kirkon edessä.
olla
to be
uusi
new
kirkko
church
edessä
in front of
Questions & Answers about Vapaaehtoiset ovat järjestäneet uuden tapahtuman kirkon edessä.
How is the plural past participle järjestäneet formed in this sentence?
It comes from the Type 1 verb järjestää (to organize). To make the plural past participle for a Type 1 verb, you take the infinitive stem (järjestä-) and add the ending -neet. It is plural because the subject of the sentence, vapaaehtoiset (the volunteers), is plural.
Why do the words for "a new event" end in -n (uuden tapahtuman)?
They are the direct object of the sentence. Because the volunteers have organized a whole event (a completed action) and the sentence is a normal affirmative one, the object takes the genitive-like accusative ending -n.
Why is the word for church (kirkko) written as kirkon here?
It is used with the postposition edessä (in front of). In Finnish, most postpositions require the word connected to them to be in the genitive case, which adds the -n ending.
What is the singular form of vapaaehtoiset (volunteers) and how does it change here?
The singular form is vapaaehtoinen. In Finnish, words ending in -nen change that ending to -se- before adding the plural marker -t, making it vapaaehtoiset.