Breakdown of Onko tämä kansallinen päätös laillinen?
tämä
this
olla
to be
päätös
decision
kansallinen
national
Questions & Answers about Onko tämä kansallinen päätös laillinen?
The lesson is about the '-llinen' suffix. How exactly was kansallinen formed here?
It is formed by taking the noun kansa (a people or a nation) and adding the suffix -llinen. This highly productive suffix turns nouns into adjectives meaning "pertaining to" or "having the quality of" that noun. Thus, kansa becomes kansallinen (national).
I know the word for law is laki. How does it become laillinen in this sentence?
When adding the -llinen suffix, you must attach it to the word's inflectional stem, which often triggers consonant gradation. For laki, the 'k' disappears in the weak grade, leaving the stem lai-. Add -llinen to that stem and you get laillinen (legal).
What kind of word is päätös and how does it relate to the verb for deciding?
Päätös (decision) is a noun derived from the verb päättää (to decide). The suffix -ös (or -os, depending on vowel harmony) is frequently added to a verb stem to create a noun that describes the result of the action.
Why does the sentence start with Onko instead of Tämä?