Breakdown of Eivätkö he tulleet hammaslääkärin tarkastukseen?
he
they
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tulla
to come
hammaslääkäri
dentist
Questions & Answers about Eivätkö he tulleet hammaslääkärin tarkastukseen?
How is the negative past tense formed in this sentence?
To make a negative past tense sentence, you use the conjugated negative verb (here, eivät for "they") plus the past participle of the main verb. Because the subject is plural (he), the main verb tulla (to come) takes its plural past participle form: tulleet.
Why is the question ending -kö attached to the negative verb?
In Finnish, yes/no questions are formed by adding the clitic -ko or -kö to the word being questioned, which then moves to the front of the sentence. To ask a negative question like "Did they not...?", the clitic attaches directly to the negative verb, creating eivätkö.
Why does the word for check-up end in -een (tarkastukseen)?
What is the -n doing at the end of hammaslääkärin?