Questions & Answers about Tuo uutinen on todella iso pettymys.
Why is uutinen singular here? In English, "news" looks plural.
In Finnish, uutinen refers to a single piece of news or a news article, so it is singular. When Finnish people talk about the news broadcast on TV or the news in general, they use the plural form uutiset.
Could I use se instead of tuo for "that"?
You could say se uutinen, but it changes the focus slightly. Se (it/that) is usually used for something you were already discussing. Tuo is used to point something out, as if you are saying "That specific piece of news right there."
Can I say tosi iso instead of todella iso?
Yes, you can! Both mean "really big" and are used all the time. Todella is actually built from the word tosi (true) and sounds just a tiny bit more formal, but both work perfectly in everyday conversation.
Does the word pettymys come from a verb?
Yes, it comes from the verb pettyä, which means "to be disappointed." The ending -mys is a common way in Finnish to turn a verb about a feeling into a noun, creating the word for "a disappointment."