Breakdown of Me tallennamme ohjelmat uusiin laitteisiin.
me
we
uusi
new
tallentaa
to save
ohjelma
program
laite
device / ride (amusement park attraction)
Questions & Answers about Me tallennamme ohjelmat uusiin laitteisiin.
Why does the word for devices end in -siin here?
The basic word is laite. Its plural stem is laittei-. Because this plural stem ends in two different vowels (a diphthong, ei), the illative plural ending becomes -siin, making it laitteisiin (into the devices).
How is the illative plural formed for the adjective uusi (new)?
The plural stem for uusi is simply uusi-. To make it illative plural, we just double the last vowel and add -n, giving us uusiin. In Finnish, adjectives must match the case of the noun they describe, which is why uusiin matches laitteisiin.
Why is ohjelmat (the programs) in the basic plural form instead of the partitive plural?
The verb tallentaa (to save) describes an action that gets completed. Because we are saving all of these specific programs completely, the object is a total object. For plural total objects, we use the standard nominative plural ending -t (ohjelmat).
Why is there a double -nn- in tallennamme when the dictionary form is tallentaa?
Tallentaa is a type 1 verb subject to consonant gradation. Adding the personal ending -mme closes the syllable. This forces the strong consonant pair -nt- to weaken into -nn-, resulting in me tallennamme.
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