Breakdown of Taapero maalaisi koko talon tussilla.
talo
house
koko
whole
maalata
to paint
taapero
toddler
tussi
marker
Questions & Answers about Taapero maalaisi koko talon tussilla.
Why is the object talon instead of the partitive taloa?
Because the action is complete. The toddler would paint the entire house, not just an unspecified part of it. When a complete action has a standard subject like Taapero, the total object takes the -n ending.
Talon has an -n ending, so why doesn't koko change to match it?
The word koko (meaning whole or entire) is a special indeclinable adjective in Finnish. It never changes its form to match the noun it describes, no matter what case the noun is in.
How do you form the conditional maalaisi from the dictionary form maalata?
Maalata is a type 4 verb. To form the conditional, you take the strong stem (maalaa-), drop the final vowel, and add the conditional marker -isi.
Why is the adessive case (-lla) used for tussilla?
In Finnish, the adessive case is often used to show the tool, instrument, or means used to perform an action. Here, it tells us the toddler is painting "with a marker".
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