Breakdown of Olen tilannut meille alkoholitonta viiniä.
olla
to be
me
we
viini
wine
tilata
to order
alkoholiton
alcohol-free
Questions & Answers about Olen tilannut meille alkoholitonta viiniä.
How do we get the word alkoholitonta from alkoholi?
First, we add the caritive suffix -ton to the base word alkoholi to make the adjective alkoholiton (alcohol-free). Because it describes the partitive word viiniä, the adjective must also be in the partitive case. The partitive form of words ending in -ton is -tonta.
Why are alkoholitonta and viiniä in the partitive case here?
Wine is an uncountable substance, or a mass noun. When the object of an action is an unspecified amount of a mass noun, Finnish uses the partitive case. It shows you ordered an unspecified portion of alcohol-free wine, rather than a specific whole entity.
What is the base form of the verb in olen tilannut?
The base verb is tilata (to order). Olen tilannut is the perfect tense (I have ordered). Because tilata is a type 4 verb, its past participle is formed by adding -nnut to the consonant stem, giving us tilannut.
Why is the word meille used to mean for us?
Meille is the allative case of me (we), which usually translates to to us or onto us. In Finnish, this case is frequently used to express who an action is done for or who benefits from it.
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