Breakdown of Mielipiteeni on, että elokuva on tylsä.
olla
to be
elokuva
movie
tylsä
boring
että
that (conjunction)
mielipide
opinion
Questions & Answers about Mielipiteeni on, että elokuva on tylsä.
Why is there a comma before "että"?
In Finnish, you must always put a comma before the conjunction että (that) when it connects a subordinate clause to the main sentence. This is a strict punctuation rule that differs from English, where a comma before "that" is usually incorrect.
How is the word "mielipiteeni" (my opinion) formed from the basic word "mielipide"?
Mielipide (opinion) belongs to a group of words ending in -e. To build the stem so you can attach endings, the final -e doubles to -ee-, and the weak consonant d steps up to the strong consonant t. This gives the stem mielipitee-. Finally, you attach the possessive suffix -ni (my) to get mielipiteeni.
Could I also say "Minun mielipiteeni on..." instead?
Yes, you can add the genitive pronoun minun (my) at the beginning for emphasis, but it is completely optional. The possessive suffix -ni at the end of mielipiteeni already makes it perfectly clear whose opinion it is. Dropping minun is very common and natural.
Does the word "että" change the word order of the phrase that follows it?
No, it does not. A subordinate clause starting with että uses standard Finnish word order. Just like in English, it flows as Subject-Verb-Adjective: elokuva (the movie) on (is) tylsä (boring).
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