Breakdown of Vanha rakennus on remontoitu.
olla
to be
vanha
old
rakennus
the building
remontoida
to renovate
Questions & Answers about Vanha rakennus on remontoitu.
Why do we use on remontoitu here, and does it mean "is renovated" or "has been renovated"?
The word remontoitu is the passive past participle of the verb remontoida (to renovate). While the structure on remontoitu can describe the past action "has been renovated" (the passive perfect tense), Finnish uses this exact same structure to describe a completed result or state: the building "is renovated".
How do we get the form remontoitu from the dictionary verb?
The dictionary form is remontoida, which is a type 2 verb (ending in -da or -dä). To form the passive past participle for this verb type, you simply drop the -da and add -tu.
Why is Vanha rakennus in the basic nominative case?
It acts as the subject of the sentence. We are talking about one specific, whole building being in a completed state, so it takes the basic nominative case. If we were talking about an unspecified amount of buildings in general, we would use the partitive case instead.
The word rakennus ends in -us. How does its stem change when adding endings?
Nouns ending in -us are a specific group you might remember from earlier lessons. When you add a grammatical ending, such as the ending -ssa for "in", the -us changes to -ukse-. For example, "in the old building" would be vanhassa rakennuksessa.
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