Questions & Answers about Nuo härät seisovat niityllä.
The lesson is about consonant gradation in the partitive plural, but härät is nominative plural. How would it look in the partitive plural?
The partitive plural of härkä (ox) is härkiä. In the partitive plural, words ending in -a or -ä usually keep their strong grade (the -rk-). This contrasts with the nominative plural härät, which uses the weak grade (the k disappears, leaving just -r-).
Why does niityllä only have one t?
The dictionary word for meadow is niitty. When we add the ending -llä (on/in), the double -tt- undergoes consonant gradation and softens into a single -t-. If we used the partitive plural here (this lesson's topic), it would be niittyjä, keeping the strong double -tt-.
Why do we use Nuo instead of Ne for "those"?
Nuo is the plural of tuo (that one over there), used for things you can physically see and point at. Ne is the plural of se (it/that), which is often used for things you are already talking about or referencing more abstractly.
Why does the verb seisovat have the -vat ending?