Questions & Answers about Sivun selaaminen on hauskaa.
How do I form the word selaaminen from the verb selata?
Selaaminen is a verbal noun meaning "browsing". To create these, you take the strong vowel stem of the verb and add the suffix -minen. Since selata is a verb type 4, its stem is selaa-, making the final word selaaminen.
Why is the word for "page" in the genitive case (sivun) instead of being a regular object?
When an action is turned into a -minen noun, its object usually takes the genitive case (-n). Instead of saying "browsing the page" with an object case, Finnish grammar treats it more like "the page's browsing."
Why is the adjective hauskaa (fun) in the partitive case?
When the subject of a sentence is an action or an abstract concept (like the verbal noun selaaminen), the adjective describing it must be in the partitive case. That is why we use hauskaa instead of the basic nominative form hauska.