Breakdown of Kokki leipoo herkullisia leivoksia.
leipoa
to bake
herkullinen
delicious
kokki
the cook
leivos
pastry
Questions & Answers about Kokki leipoo herkullisia leivoksia.
Why are the words for delicious pastries in the partitive plural here?
In Finnish, the object of a sentence takes the partitive case when we are talking about an unspecified amount of something (like some pastries) or an ongoing action. Because the cook is baking multiple pastries, we use the plural form of the partitive.
How does the word herkullinen (delicious) become herkullisia?
For words ending in -nen, the stem changes to -se- before adding endings. To make the partitive plural, the -e- is dropped to make room for the plural marker -i-, followed by the partitive ending -a. So, herkullinen becomes herkullise-, which then becomes herkullisia.
What is the base form of leivoksia, and how is the ending added?
Why do we use the -ia ending here instead of -iä?
This is due to vowel harmony. Because the base words herkullinen and leivos contain back vowels like u and o, their endings must use the back vowel a instead of the front vowel ä.
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