Breakdown of Uusi kampaaja työskentelee tässä kampaamossa.
tämä
this
uusi
new
työskennellä
to work
kampaaja
the hairdresser
kampaamo
the hair salon
Questions & Answers about Uusi kampaaja työskentelee tässä kampaamossa.
Why does the word for 'this' change to tässä here?
In Finnish, a demonstrative pronoun like tämä (this) has to match the grammatical case of the noun it points to. Since the salon is in the inessive case, kampaamossa (in the salon), the word tämä must also take the inessive ending, becoming tässä.
Kampaaja and kampaamo look very similar. How do I tell them apart?
They both come from the same root word related to combing. The ending -ja is used for a person doing an action, so kampaaja is the hairdresser. The ending -mo is used for a place of business, making kampaamo the hair salon.
What is the dictionary form of työskentelee and why does it look so different here?
The dictionary form is työskennellä (to work), which is a Type 3 verb. To get the he/she form, you find the stem by dropping the -llä, changing the -nn- to -nt- (consonant gradation), and doubling the final vowel. That gives us työskentelee.
Could I start this sentence with Tässä kampaamossa instead?
Yes! You could say Tässä kampaamossa työskentelee uusi kampaaja. Finnish word order is flexible. The original sentence highlights who is working (the new hairdresser). Starting with the location puts more focus on the salon itself and tells us what is happening there.
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