Breakdown of Hän tekee kauniita laukkuja uusista materiaaleista.
hän
he / she
uusi
new
kaunis
beautiful
laukku
bag
Questions & Answers about Hän tekee kauniita laukkuja uusista materiaaleista.
Why are the words for "new materials" in the elative case (uusista materiaaleista)?
In Finnish, when you express making something out of a certain material, you use the elative case (-sta/-stä), which usually translates to "from" or "out of". Because there are multiple materials here, we use the elative plural.
How do we get the plural form materiaaleista from the basic word materiaali?
To form the plural cases, we add the plural marker -i- to the word's stem. For many words ending in -i (like materiaali), that final -i changes to an -e- before the plural -i-, giving the plural stem materiaalei-. Finally, we add the elative ending -sta.
Why doesn't uusi (new) change its final vowel in uusista like materiaali did?
The word uusi belongs to a special group of old Finnish words. Its plural stem is simply uusi- (the plural -i- blends completely into the existing -i). You just attach the elative ending -sta directly to this stem, resulting in uusista.
Why are the words for "beautiful bags" in the partitive plural (kauniita laukkuja)?