Word
Sekä kokeilu että yhdistelmä ovat valmiita.
Meaning
Both the trial and the bundle are ready.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Sekä kokeilu että yhdistelmä ovat valmiita.
olla
to be
valmis
ready
että
that (conjunction)
sekä
both
Questions & Answers about Sekä kokeilu että yhdistelmä ovat valmiita.
How do sekä and että work together in this sentence?
Sekä ... että is a fixed conjunction pair that means "both ... and". You place sekä before the first item (kokeilu) and että before the second item (yhdistelmä).
Since kokeilu and yhdistelmä are both singular words, why is the verb ovat in the plural?
Because sekä ... että groups them together into a single plural subject. Just like in English, Finnish requires the plural verb ovat (are) instead of the singular on (is) when combining subjects this way.
Why is the word for "ready" in the partitive plural form (valmiita)?
Because it describes a plural subject. In Finnish, when you use the verb olla (to be) to describe a plural subject, the adjective usually takes the partitive plural form. The basic dictionary form is valmis, and its partitive plural is valmiita.
How are the nouns kokeilu and yhdistelmä formed?
They are built from common verbs. Kokeilu (trial) comes from kokeilla (to try or test). Yhdistelmä (bundle or combination) comes from yhdistää (to combine). Recognizing these roots helps you guess the meaning of new words.