Breakdown of Värjään hiukset ja laitan raidan tuohon.
tuo
that
ja
and
laittaa
to put
värjätä
to dye
hius
the hair (single strand)
raita
the highlight
Questions & Answers about Värjään hiukset ja laitan raidan tuohon.
How does tuo become tuohon?
The word tuo means "that". To say "into that" (where you are putting the highlight), we use the illative case. For the pronoun tuo, this case is formed by adding -hon, making it tuohon.
Why is "hair" translated as hiukset?
In English, "hair" is usually a singular, uncountable word. In Finnish, the hair on your head is treated as a plural word, hiukset. A single strand of hair would be hius.
Why is the word for highlight raidan instead of raita?
The basic word is raita, which literally means "stripe". It is the object of the verb laitan (I put). Because you will completely finish putting the highlight in, this singular object takes the accusative ending -n, making it raidan.
Why doesn't hiukset have an -n ending like raidan if it's also an object?
For plural words, the total object (which shows a completed action) looks exactly like the basic plural form ending in -t (hiukset). The -n object ending is only used for singular words.
How do we know this means "I will dye" instead of "I am dyeing"?
Finnish doesn't have a future tense word like "will". We know this is a planned future action because the objects (hiukset and raidan) are total objects, showing the action will be finished. If you were currently doing it, you would use the partitive case (värjään hiuksia).
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