Breakdown of Tämä on korjattu puinen nojatuoli.
tämä
this
olla
to be
korjata
to fix
puinen
wooden
nojatuoli
armchair
Questions & Answers about Tämä on korjattu puinen nojatuoli.
How do we form korjattu from the verb korjata (to repair)?
Korjata is a type 4 verb. To make the past passive participle for this verb type, you drop the final -a or -ä from the infinitive and add -ttu or -tty. So, korjata becomes korjattu (repaired).
Since korjattu comes from a verb, is it acting as a verb or an adjective here?
It acts entirely as an adjective in this sentence. The past passive participle (words ending in -tu or -ty) describes a noun that has had a completed action done to it. Just like any other adjective, it sits right before the noun and must match its case, which is the basic nominative case here.
How do we get the adjective puinen (wooden) from the noun puu (wood)?
Adding the suffix -nen to a noun is a common way to create an adjective that describes what something is made of. The word puu takes the suffix directly to become puinen.
I recognize tuoli (chair) in the compound word nojatuoli. What does the noja part mean?
Noja means rest or support, and it is related to the verb nojata (to lean). So a nojatuoli is literally a leaning chair or support chair, which is how Finnish says armchair.
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