Breakdown of Lentokone lähtee yhdentenätoista, mikä on todella aikaisin.
olla
to be
lähteä
to leave
aikaisin
early
lentokone
airplane
yhdestoista
eleventh
mikä
which (relative pronoun)
todella
really (very, intensifier)
Questions & Answers about Lentokone lähtee yhdentenätoista, mikä on todella aikaisin.
How do we get the word yhdentenätoista from the number 11?
The number 11 is yksitoista, and the ordinal "11th" is yhdestoista. To say "on the 11th", we need the essive case. For teen numbers 11–19, there is a special rule: only the first part of the word changes. The yhdes- part takes the essive ending to become yhdentenä, while the -toista part stays exactly the same.
Why does saying "on the 11th" require the essive case ending -nä?
The essive case (ending in -na or -nä) is the standard way in Finnish to express a specific day or date when an event happens. You have used this before with days of the week, like maanantaina (on Monday). For calendar dates, we simply attach this same ending to the ordinal number.
Why does the sentence use mikä instead of joka for "which"?
Both mikä and joka can mean "which" or "that", but they have different jobs. You use joka when referring back to a specific noun, like the airplane itself. You use mikä when referring back to a whole idea or sentence. Here, mikä points to the entire fact that the flight is leaving on the 11th.
Why is the word for "early" aikaisin instead of aikainen?
Aikaisin is an adverb, which means it describes an action—in this case, when the plane leaves. If you wanted to describe a noun, like saying "an early flight", you would use the adjective form aikainen (aikainen lento).
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