Word
Tämä on iso ryhmä.
Meaning
This is a large group.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Tämä on iso ryhmä.
This lesson teaches the plural imperative (-kaa/-kää). Why isn't there a command in this sentence?
This sentence is setting the scene! Because you are addressing an iso ryhmä (large group), any commands you give them next will need the plural imperative ending -kaa or -kää (for example, Kuunnelkaa! - Listen!).
In everyday spoken Finnish, do people actually say Tämä on?
In written or formal Finnish, yes. However, in casual spoken language, Finns almost always shorten Tämä on to Tää on.
If I want to say something happens 'in a large group', do I add the ending to both words?
Yes! In Finnish, adjectives have to match the case of the noun they describe. To say 'in a large group', you add the 'in' ending to both words: isossa ryhmässä. Notice how iso takes -ssa and ryhmä takes -ssä because of vowel harmony.
How does this sentence change if I want to say 'This is not a large group'?
It becomes Tämä ei ole iso ryhmä. The verb on changes to the negative form ei ole, but the words iso ryhmä stay exactly the same in this basic sentence structure.