Breakdown of Minä haluan tietää, miten takuu toimii ja mikä korvaus on.
olla
to be
minä
I
ja
and
mikä
what
tietää
to know
haluta
to want
miten
how (in what way)
toimia
to function, to work / to act
takuu
warranty
korvaus
compensation
Questions & Answers about Minä haluan tietää, miten takuu toimii ja mikä korvaus on.
Why does the first indirect question use the word order miten takuu toimii?
Indirect questions in Finnish usually follow normal statement word order, which is Subject + Verb. After the question word miten (how), you simply say takuu toimii (the warranty works).
Why is there a comma before miten?
In Finnish grammar, you must always use a comma to separate the main sentence (Minä haluan tietää) from a subordinate clause. This includes indirect questions starting with words like miten or mikä.
Why does the sentence use mikä for "what" instead of mitä?
We use the basic form mikä because the word it refers to, korvaus (compensation), is a complete, countable concept here and the verb is on (is). You would use the partitive form mitä if the question was about an uncountable mass or an ongoing action.
In the second indirect question, why does the verb on come at the very end?
This is again because indirect questions use normal statement word order. It starts with the question word mikä, followed by the subject korvaus, and ends with the verb on, exactly like the English phrase "what the compensation is".
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