Breakdown of Me olemme lukeneet juttuja ja arvosteluja.
olla
to be
ja
and
me
we
lukea
to read
juttu
the story
arvostelu
the review
Questions & Answers about Me olemme lukeneet juttuja ja arvosteluja.
Why do juttuja and arvosteluja end in -ja?
These words are in the partitive plural. The base words are juttu (story/article) and arvostelu (review). When a word ends in a short -o, -ö, -u, or -y, the partitive plural ending is simply -ja (or -jä if the word has front vowels).
Why is the partitive plural used for the objects here instead of the regular plural?
We use the partitive plural because the amount of stories and reviews is unspecified. We are saying we read "some" stories and reviews, not a specific, closed set of them. Also, verbs like lukea (to read) often take a partitive object when describing an open-ended activity.
I remember juttu becomes jutut in the basic plural. Why does juttuja keep the double tt?
Consonant gradation (like tt weakening to t) usually happens when an ending closes the last syllable with a consonant. The basic plural ending -t closes the syllable, making it ju-tut. But the partitive plural ending -ja ends in a vowel, leaving the syllable open (jut-tu-ja). Therefore, the strong grade tt remains.
Why does the verb lukeneet end in -neet?
This sentence uses the present perfect tense ("have read"). Because the subject is the plural me (we), the main verb must take the plural past participle ending -neet. If the subject was singular, like minä (I), it would be olen lukenut.
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