Questions & Answers about Katso näitä huulipunia!
Why is 'these' translated as näitä instead of nämä?
The verb katsoa (to look at) is a partitive verb, meaning the thing you are looking at must be in the partitive case. Because there are multiple lipsticks, we need the partitive plural. näitä is the partitive plural form of tämä (this).
How does the word huulipuna turn into huulipunia?
huulipuna is a compound word ending in puna. To form the partitive plural, we add the plural marker -i- followed by the partitive ending -a. This creates the -ia ending, making it huulipunia.
What does huulipuna literally mean?
It is a compound word made of huuli (lip) and puna (redness or red color). So, it literally translates to 'lip red'.
Why doesn't the sentence start with sinä (you)?
Katso is a direct command, also called the imperative form. Just like in English, when you tell someone to do something, you usually drop the word you. The basic verb is katsoa, and its command form is made by taking the minä form (katson) and dropping the -n.
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