Breakdown of Se esittelee uuden kämppiksen.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
uusi
new
kämppis
roommate
esitellä
to introduce
Questions & Answers about Se esittelee uuden kämppiksen.
Why is the word se used here instead of hän for "he"?
In colloquial Finnish (spoken language or puhekieli), people almost always use se (which normally means "it") to refer to "he" or "she". The formal word hän is mostly reserved for written Finnish, news broadcasts, or very formal speech.
Why do uuden and kämppiksen end in an -n?
They are the direct object of the sentence, representing the person being introduced. In Finnish, a total object like this is put into the accusative case, which for singular nouns looks exactly like the genitive case with an -n ending.
What is the base form of kämppiksen and where does it come from?
The dictionary form is kämppis, which is a very common spoken-language word for "roommate". It is formed from kämppä (a slang word for apartment or pad) plus the -is suffix, which is often used in colloquial Finnish to create casual words.
What type of verb is esittelee and how is it conjugated here?
The base verb is esitellä (to introduce), which is a Type 3 verb. You find the stem by dropping the -llä ending, giving you esittele-. For the third-person singular (he/she/it), you just lengthen the last vowel of the stem, which gives us esittelee.
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