Word
Hän ajattelee, että linkin klikkaaminen on nopeaa.
Meaning
He thinks that clicking the link is fast.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Hän ajattelee, että linkin klikkaaminen on nopeaa.
olla
to be
hän
he / she
ajatella
to think
että
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about Hän ajattelee, että linkin klikkaaminen on nopeaa.
How do we get the word klikkaaminen from the verb klikata?
klikkaaminen is a verbal noun meaning "clicking". To make it, you take the strong stem of the verb klikata (which is klikkaa-) and add the suffix -minen.
Why does it say linkin klikkaaminen instead of just linkki klikkaaminen?
When an action ending in -minen has an object (the thing you are doing the action to), that object must be in the genitive form. So, "clicking the link" translates literally to "the link's clicking".
Why is the adjective nopeaa in the partitive form instead of the basic form nopea?
When the subject of a sentence is an action or a verbal noun (like klikkaaminen), the adjective that describes it must be in the partitive. Actions are treated as abstract, uncountable concepts in Finnish.
Can että be omitted here, like we often drop "that" in English?
No, in Finnish the conjunction että is mandatory to connect these two clauses. While you can say "He thinks clicking is fast" in English, Finnish requires you to say "He thinks that clicking is fast."