Breakdown of Kahdeskymmenesseitsemäs on tärkeä eräpäivä.
olla
to be
tärkeä
important
kahdeskymmenesseitsemäs
twenty-seventh
eräpäivä
due date
Questions & Answers about Kahdeskymmenesseitsemäs on tärkeä eräpäivä.
Why is "twenty-seventh" written as kahdeskymmenesseitsemäs instead of just "kaksikymmentäseitsemäs"?
In Finnish, when making compound ordinal numbers (like 21st, 22nd, etc.), every single part of the number has to take the ordinal form. So, 27th is literally "second-tenth-seventh": kahdes (2nd) + kymmenes (10th) + seitsemäs (7th).
The current lesson covers the essive case for dates. Why isn't kahdeskymmenesseitsemäs in the essive case here?
Because in this sentence, "the twenty-seventh" is the subject of the sentence, not the time when an action happens. If you wanted to say "I will pay on the twenty-seventh", you would use the essive case for the date: kahdentenakymmenentenäseitsemäntenä. Here, it is just the subject, so we use the basic nominative form.
Should a long number like kahdeskymmenesseitsemäs always be written as one word?
Yes! Just like regular numbers in Finnish, ordinal numbers from 1 to 99 are written together as a single continuous word. It looks intimidating, but you just piece the parts together.
What are the parts of the word eräpäivä?
It is a compound word made of erä (installment, batch, or round) and päivä (day). Together, the "installment day" translates to the due date for a bill or task.
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