Questions & Answers about Tämä on viimeinen kierros.
Is viimeinen considered an ordinal number?
While strictly an adjective meaning last, it is usually taught right alongside ordinals because it behaves just like ensimmäinen (first) and toinen (second). They all end in -nen in their basic nominative form and will change their endings in the exact same way when used in other grammatical cases.
Is viimeinen related to the word viime, like in the phrase viime viikolla (last week)?
Yes! Viime is an unchanging word used directly before time expressions. Viimeinen, on the other hand, is the full adjective form that can describe any noun (like a round, a person, or a train) and it takes endings to match the noun it describes.
The word kierros ends in -s. Does its stem change when we add endings?
Yes! Nouns ending in -os or -ös usually change the -s to -kse- before adding an ending. For example, if you wanted to say of the round (genitive case), it would be kierroksen. Here, it is in the basic nominative form because it simply states what the subject is.
Why is there no word for the before viimeinen?
Finnish does not use articles like a, an, or the. The context tells you which one is meant. Because viimeinen means last, it naturally translates to the last in English without needing extra words.
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