Breakdown of Konsertti on kahdentenatoista. Minä ostan lipun.
olla
to be
minä
I
lippu
ticket
ostaa
to buy
konsertti
concert
kahdestoista
twelfth
Questions & Answers about Konsertti on kahdentenatoista. Minä ostan lipun.
How do we get kahdentenatoista from the basic numbers?
This means 'on the twelfth'. The dictionary word for 'twelfth' is kahdestoista. To say on a date or day, Finnish uses the essive case, which adds the ending -na or -nä. In 'teen' numbers, only the first part changes: kahdes- becomes kahdentena-, while -toista stays exactly the same.
Why is there no word for 'will' in Minä ostan lipun?
Finnish does not have a separate future tense. You simply use the present tense verb ostan (I buy). The listener knows it will happen in the future based on context and the grammatical form of the object word.
Why is the word for ticket written as lipun with an -n at the end instead of just lippu?
This is the object of the sentence. Because you are going to buy one complete ticket, it takes the total object form. In the singular, this form ends in -n (which looks identical to the genitive case). If the sentence was negative (I will not buy a ticket), you would use the partitive case (lippua).
Do I have to include the word Minä (I) here?
No, you can safely leave it out and just say Ostan lipun. The -n ending on the verb ostan already tells the listener perfectly that 'I' am the one buying. Including Minä just adds a little bit of emphasis.
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