Breakdown of Juon tavallisesti rasvatonta maitoa.
juoda
to drink
maito
milk
tavallisesti
usually
rasvaton
fat-free
Questions & Answers about Juon tavallisesti rasvatonta maitoa.
How does the word rasvatonta relate to the suffix -ton?
The base form is rasvaton (fat-free), which is built from the noun rasva (fat) plus the suffix -ton (without / -less).
Why does rasvaton become rasvatonta here?
Adjectives must match the noun they describe. Because maitoa (milk) is in the partitive case, the adjective modifying it must also be in the partitive case. For words ending in -ton, the partitive ending is -tonta (or -töntä). So, rasvaton becomes rasvatonta.
Why is maitoa (milk) in the partitive case here?
Milk is an uncountable mass noun. Because you are drinking an unspecified amount of milk, rather than all the milk in the world, the object takes the partitive case.
How is the word tavallisesti (usually) formed?
It is an adverb created by adding the ending -sti (which often works like '-ly' in English) to the adjective tavallinen (usual or ordinary).
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