Word
Opettaja jakoi paperit uusiin kansioihin.
Meaning
The teacher distributed the papers into the new folders.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Opettaja jakoi paperit uusiin kansioihin.
uusi
new
opettaja
teacher
jakaa
to share / to divide/distribute (into parts)
paperi
paper
Questions & Answers about Opettaja jakoi paperit uusiin kansioihin.
Why is the ending -ihin in kansioihin instead of just doubling the vowel?
The basic word is kansio (folder). To find the plural stem, we add an i, making it kansioi-. Because this stem ends in a diphthong (two different vowels together), we can't just stretch the last vowel to make the illative case. Instead, Finnish adds the ending -hin to make it flow better: kansioihin (into the folders).
How do we get uusiin from the adjective uusi (new)?
For the word uusi, the plural stem happens to be uusi-. When a plural stem ends in a single short vowel, you form the illative plural by simply lengthening that last vowel and adding -n. So, we take uusi-, double the last i, and add -n, giving us uusiin.
Why are the new folders in the illative ("into") case here?
The verb jakaa (to distribute, to divide) requires the illative case when you are talking about where the items end up. Just like in English where you distribute things into folders, Finnish uses the illative case to show movement into that final destination.
Why is paperit in the standard -t plural form and not the partitive plural?