Questions & Answers about Sadot ovat kesällä hyviä.
Why is the adjective hyviä in the partitive plural here?
In Finnish, when the subject is a plural noun (like sadot), the adjective describing it must be in the partitive plural. That is why hyvä becomes hyviä.
The current lesson is about consonant gradation in the partitive plural. Does hyviä undergo this?
No, it doesn't! Consonant gradation only affects words with k, p, or t in their stem. Since hyvä does not have those letters, it just adds the plural -i- and partitive -ä without any consonant changes.
The basic word for harvest is sato. Why does it have a d in sadot?
This is a great reminder of basic consonant gradation. When we add the regular plural ending -t, it closes the final syllable. In a closed syllable, a single t weakens to a d. So sato becomes sadot in the nominative plural.
Why does the sentence use kesällä instead of kesässä for 'in the summer'?
While English says 'in the summer', Finnish typically uses the adessive case (-lla or -llä, which usually translates to 'on' or 'at') for seasons and parts of the day. Therefore, kesä becomes kesällä.
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