Breakdown of Uisin uima-altaassa joka aamu.
uida
to swim
aamu
morning
joka
every
uima-allas
the swimming pool
Questions & Answers about Uisin uima-altaassa joka aamu.
How do we form the conditional uisin from the verb uida?
The basic verb is uida (to swim). You find the stem by dropping the -da, leaving ui-. Next, you add the conditional marker -isi- (would). Since ui- already ends in an i, the vowels merge into just uisi-. Finally, add the personal ending -n for 'I' to get uisin (I would swim).
Where does the -altaa- part of uima-altaassa come from?
The dictionary word for 'swimming pool' is uima-allas. Nouns ending in -as go through a big stem change before taking endings: the double ll becomes lt and the final a doubles to make the stem -altaa-. Then you add the inessive ending -ssa (in).
Why is there a hyphen in the middle of uima-altaassa?
In Finnish, compound words are normally written together as one long word. However, if the first part ends in the same vowel that the second part starts with (like the a at the end of uima and the start of allas), you must insert a hyphen to make it easier to read.
Why doesn't joka aamu take any grammar endings to show when this happens?
The word joka (every) is a special word because it never changes its form. When you use it to talk about a repeating time (like 'every morning'), the following time word like aamu simply stays in its basic, uninflected dictionary form.
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