Breakdown of Lääkäri tulee seitsemäntenätoista, mikä on tietysti hyvä asia.
olla
to be
hyvä
good
lääkäri
doctor
tulla
to come
asia
thing, matter
seitsemästoista
seventeenth
mikä
which (relative pronoun)
tietysti
of course
Questions & Answers about Lääkäri tulee seitsemäntenätoista, mikä on tietysti hyvä asia.
Why is the word for 'seventeenth' so long here (seitsemäntenätoista)?
This is the ordinal number 'seventeenth' in the essive case, which is used to express when something happens. The base ordinal is seitsemäs (seventh). In the essive case, this becomes seitsemäntenä. The -toista part means 'of the second ten' and never changes, giving us seitsemäntenätoista.
Why do we use mikä for 'which' instead of joka?
Both mikä and joka mean 'which', but they have a strict rule. You use joka when referring to the specific noun right before it. You use mikä when referring to an entire preceding sentence or idea. Here, 'which' refers to the whole fact that the doctor is coming on the 17th, so we must use mikä.
Could I say hyvä juttu instead of hyvä asia?
Yes, absolutely. Hyvä juttu is very common in spoken Finnish and means exactly the same thing. Asia is slightly more formal or neutral, referring to a matter or abstract thing, whereas juttu is more casual.
How is the word tietysti (of course) formed?
It is built from the verb tietää (to know). The word tietty means 'certain' or 'known', and adding the adverb ending -sti (similar to '-ly' in English) creates tietysti, which essentially means 'certainly'.
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