Questions & Answers about Lento on peruutettu ja pääovi on lukittu.
Why do we use the passive forms peruutettu and lukittu here?
These are passive past participles. We use on + passive past participle to describe a state that exists because an unnamed person did an action. Someone canceled the flight and locked the door, so now they are in the resulting states of being canceled (on peruutettu) and locked (on lukittu).
Could Lento on peruutettu also translate to "The flight has been canceled"?
Yes! In Finnish, the passive perfect tense (has been canceled) looks exactly the same as this state description (is canceled). You have to use context to decide if the speaker is focusing on the recent action itself or the current situation it caused.
What is the dictionary form of the verb used in lukittu?
It comes from lukita (to lock), which is a Type 6 verb (verbs ending in -ta). For these verbs, the passive past participle is easily formed by replacing the -ta ending with -ttu.
What does the pää part of the compound word pääovi mean?
On its own, pää means "head". However, when used as the first part of a compound word, it usually means "main" or "chief". You will also see this in common words like pääkatu (main street) and pääkaupunki (capital city).