Breakdown of Hän huijaa yleisöä, mikä ei ole todellista taikaa.
olla
to be
hän
he / she
ei
no / not (negative verb)
todellinen
real
Questions & Answers about Hän huijaa yleisöä, mikä ei ole todellista taikaa.
Why do we use mikä for "which" here instead of joka?
In Finnish, joka refers to the specific noun right before it. If we used joka here, it would mean the audience (yleisöä) is not real magic! We use mikä when "which" refers to the entire preceding clause - in this case, the whole action of him tricking the audience.
Why is the audience (yleisö) in the partitive case as yleisöä?
The verb huijata (to trick or cheat) is a partitive verb. This means its object must always be in the partitive case.
Why are the words for "real magic" (todellista taikaa) in the partitive case?
This is a negative "to be" sentence (ei ole). In negative sentences, the predicative (the words describing what something is not) must usually be in the partitive case.
What is the dictionary form of huijaa?
The dictionary form is huijata (to trick). It is a type 4 verb. To make the hän (he/she) form, you drop the -ta ending and double the final vowel, giving us huijaa.