Breakdown of Opettajan mukaan tehtävä on helppo.
olla
to be
opettaja
teacher
helppo
easy
tehtävä
task
mukaan
according to
Questions & Answers about Opettajan mukaan tehtävä on helppo.
Why is the word for teacher written as opettajan instead of just opettaja?
The word mukaan (according to) is a postposition. Most Finnish postpositions require the word right before them to be in the genitive (possession) case, which usually adds an -n to the end. So, the phrase becomes opettajan mukaan (literally: the teacher's according-to).
Why does mukaan come after opettajan?
In English, we use prepositions, which are words that go before the noun. Finnish mostly uses postpositions, which go after the noun they relate to.
Does mukaan always mean according to?
When it follows a noun in the genitive case, like opettajan mukaan, it means according to. You might also hear it in everyday speech meaning along or with, but this sentence shows its standard postposition use.
What kind of word is tehtävä?
Tehtävä means a task, assignment, or exercise. It is related to the verb tehdä (to do), so you can easily remember it as something to be done.
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