Breakdown of Eikö tämä sohva ole tosi mukava?
tämä
this
olla
to be
ei
no / not (negative verb)
sohva
sofa
mukava
nice
tosi
true
Questions & Answers about Eikö tämä sohva ole tosi mukava?
How is eikö formed in this sentence?
It is made of the negative verb ei (is not) and the question ending -kö. Adding the interrogative clitic -ko/-kö directly to the negative verb is the standard way to ask negative yes/no questions in Finnish, translating to "Isn't...?" here.
Why is the verb ole used instead of on?
Even though this is a question, it is still a negative sentence because of eikö. In Finnish, the main verb after a negative verb must drop its personal ending and take its negative base form (the connegative). Therefore, on (is) becomes ole.
Doesn't tosi usually mean "true"? Why is it translated as "really"?
You are right that tosi means "true" as an adjective. However, in everyday spoken Finnish, it is extremely common to use it as an adverb meaning "really" or "very" to emphasize an adjective, much like the word todella.
Why does mukava stay in its basic dictionary form here?
Because the verb olla (to be) does not take an object. It simply links the subject (tämä sohva) to its description (mukava). Both the subject and the describing adjective stay in the basic nominative case.
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