Breakdown of Tulostin on rikki, mutta uusi on jo tilattu.
olla
to be
mutta
but
uusi
new
jo
already
tilata
to order
rikki
broken
tulostin
printer
Questions & Answers about Tulostin on rikki, mutta uusi on jo tilattu.
How is the perfect tense passive formed in the phrase on jo tilattu?
It is formed using the active 3rd person singular verb on (has/is) as a helper verb, followed by the passive past participle of the main verb, which here is tilattu (ordered). Together they mean "has been ordered".
Where is the word for "one" in the Finnish phrase for "a new one"?
Finnish does not use a placeholder word like "one" after an adjective. The adjective uusi (new) simply stands alone and acts as a noun to mean "a new one", referring back to the printer (tulostin).
Tilata (to order) only has one t in the middle. Why does tilattu have two?
Tilata is a verb type 4 word. These verbs have a "weak" consonant grade in their dictionary form (the single t), but they switch to the "strong" grade for the passive forms. This is why the single t doubles to tt in tilattu.
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