Breakdown of Vene liikkuu paljon, kun tuuli on kova.
olla
to be
paljon
a lot
tuuli
the wind
kun
when (conjunction)
liikkua
to move (oneself, be in motion)
kova
strong (intense, hard)
vene
boat
Questions & Answers about Vene liikkuu paljon, kun tuuli on kova.
Why is there a comma before kun in this sentence?
In Finnish, you almost always use a comma to separate the main sentence (Vene liikkuu paljon) from a subordinate clause that starts with a word like kun (when), että (that), or koska (because).
Both kun and milloin mean "when". Why do we use kun here?
kun is a conjunction used to connect sentences, like "when" in this statement. milloin is a question word used to ask "when?", like in Milloin vene liikkuu? (When does the boat move?). You cannot use milloin to connect a subordinate clause.
Why does the verb liikkuu end with two u letters?
liikkuu comes from the verb liikkua (to move). To make the "he/she/it" form (third person singular) in the present tense, you take the stem liikku- and double the last vowel, which makes it liikkuu.
I thought kova meant "hard". Why is it translated as "strong" here?
kova literally means "hard", but in Finnish, it is also used to describe intense weather or conditions. So a "strong wind" is kova tuuli, a "heavy rain" is kova sade, and a "loud noise" is kova ääni.
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