Breakdown of Hän keskusteli ujoudesta opettajan kanssa.
hän
he / she
opettaja
teacher
kanssa
with
keskustella
to discuss
ujous
shyness
Questions & Answers about Hän keskusteli ujoudesta opettajan kanssa.
How is the word ujous (shyness) formed from the adjective ujo (shy)?
To make abstract nouns from adjectives, we generally use the suffix -uus or -yys. However, if the adjective already ends in o, ö, u, or y, we only add -us or -ys. So ujo (shy) becomes ujous (shyness).
Why does the stem change to ujoude- in the word ujoudesta?
When a derived abstract noun ends in -us or -ys (like ujous), its stem changes to -ude- or -yde- before you add any case endings. Therefore, the stem for ujous is ujoude-. We then attach the case ending to this stem to make ujoudesta.
Why do we use the elative ending -sta on the word ujoudesta?
The verb keskustella (to discuss) requires the topic of the discussion to be in the elative case (-sta or -stä). While in English we simply say someone "discusses shyness," in Finnish you grammatically discuss "about shyness."
Why does opettaja (teacher) have an -n at the end?
The word kanssa (with) is a postposition. Most postpositions in Finnish require the noun that comes directly before them to be in the genitive case, which is marked by the -n ending. So opettaja becomes opettajan.
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