Breakdown of Oletko sinä pettynyt, että sataa?
olla
to be
sinä
you
sataa
to rain
että
that (conjunction)
pettynyt
disappointed
Questions & Answers about Oletko sinä pettynyt, että sataa?
Why is there a comma before että?
In Finnish, you always need a comma between the main sentence and a subordinate clause that starts with että (that). English doesn't usually use a comma here, but Finnish strictly requires it.
Could I leave out että, just like we sometimes drop 'that' in English?
No, you cannot drop että. While in English you can say 'Are you disappointed it is raining?', in Finnish the connecting word että is strictly required.
Is the word sinä necessary here since oletko already means 'are you'?
It is completely optional. The verb form oletko already contains the question ending -ko and the 'you' ending -t. Adding sinä just puts a bit more emphasis on the person being asked.
Where is the word for 'it' before sataa?
Weather verbs in Finnish don't use a dummy subject like 'it'. You just use the third-person singular form of the verb all by itself, so sataa simply means 'it is raining'.
What kind of word is pettynyt?
It means 'disappointed' and is used as an adjective here. It actually comes from the verb pettyä (to become disappointed) and is its past participle form, describing the state someone is in.
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