Breakdown of Miksi häntä autettiin kahdeksantenatoista elokuuta?
hän
he / she
miksi
why
auttaa
to help
elokuu
August
kahdeksastoista
eighteenth
Questions & Answers about Miksi häntä autettiin kahdeksantenatoista elokuuta?
How do we build the word kahdeksantenatoista for "on the eighteenth"?
The number 18 is kahdeksantoista, and its ordinal (18th) is kahdeksastoista. To say "on the 18th", we put it in the essive case (ending in -na). For teen numbers, only the first part changes! The kahdeksas part becomes kahdeksantena, and we just attach the unchanging -toista at the end.
Why is the month elokuuta in the partitive case?
When expressing dates in Finnish, the month is always in the partitive case. You can think of it as saying "the 18th day OF August". The partitive ending -ta is added to elokuu to make elokuuta.
What verb form is autettiin?
It is the past passive form of auttaa (to help). We use the passive voice when the person doing the action is unknown or unimportant, which translates to "was helped". You can spot the past passive by its -ttiin ending.
Why is the word for "he" in the partitive case (häntä)?
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