Breakdown of Onko sinun ruokavaliosi tosi tiukka?
olla
to be
sinä
you
tiukka
strict / tight
tosi
really (intensifier)
ruokavalio
diet
Questions & Answers about Onko sinun ruokavaliosi tosi tiukka?
Why does ruokavalio have -si at the end?
The suffix -si is the possessive suffix for "your". In standard Finnish, when you use a possessive pronoun like sinun (your), you must also attach the matching possessive suffix to the noun it belongs to. So, sinun ruokavaliosi means "your diet".
What is the word ruokavalio made of?
It is a compound word made of ruoka (food) and valio (choice or selection). Together they mean "diet". Because this lesson is about the "-ton/-tön" suffix, you might often see diet-related words like lihaton (meatless) or maidoton (dairy-free) describing a ruokavalio!
Can I use todella instead of tosi here?
Yes, you can! Both mean "really" or "very". Tosi is slightly more casual and extremely common in everyday speech, while todella is standard and works perfectly in both written and spoken Finnish.
Why does the sentence start with Onko?
To form a yes-or-no question in Finnish, you add the question marker -ko or -kö to the word you are asking about and move it to the front of the sentence. Here, it is attached to on (is), making it Onko (Is...?).
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