Breakdown of Kirjautuminen, tilaus ja toimitus ovat nopeita.
olla
to be
ja
and
nopea
fast (adjective)
tilaus
order
kirjautua
to log in
toimitus
delivery
Questions & Answers about Kirjautuminen, tilaus ja toimitus ovat nopeita.
Why does the sentence use kirjautuminen instead of the basic verb form kirjautua (to log in)?
Kirjautuminen is a verbal noun, meaning it turns an action into a thing ("logging in" or "the login"). Because it is grouped in a list with two other regular nouns (tilaus and toimitus), it feels much more natural in Finnish to use a noun form here rather than an infinitive verb.
How is the verbal noun kirjautuminen formed from the verb kirjautua?
You find the strong vowel stem of the verb and add the suffix -minen. For verbs ending in -ua like kirjautua, the stem is just kirjautu-. Adding the suffix gives you kirjautuminen.
The words kirjautuminen, tilaus, and toimitus are all singular nouns. Why is the verb ovat plural?
When you combine multiple singular subjects using ja (and), they form a plural group. Together they act as a plural subject, so the verb must be the plural ovat (are).
Why is the adjective nopeita in the partitive plural form instead of the basic plural nopeat?
When an adjective describes a plural subject after the verb olla (to be), it almost always takes the partitive plural form in Finnish. Since the subject is a plural group of three things, the base adjective nopea becomes the partitive plural nopeita.
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