Word
Tuo hopeinen kello on tehty Suomessa.
Meaning
That silver watch is made in Finland.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Tuo hopeinen kello on tehty Suomessa.
olla
to be
tuo
that
kello
watch / clock (the time)
tehdä
to do
Questions & Answers about Tuo hopeinen kello on tehty Suomessa.
Why is the word tehty used here instead of a normal past tense verb?
Tehty is the past passive participle of the verb tehdä (to make). It acts like an adjective describing the current state of the watch after an action was completed on it. You use this -tu/-ty ending when the focus is on the finished product, not on who made it.
Is on tehty considered present tense or past tense?
It translates literally to "has been made" (the passive perfect tense). However, Finnish uses this structure to describe an object's permanent origin or composition, which perfectly matches the English present tense "is made".
Why does the sentence use hopeinen instead of just hopea?
Hopea is the noun form of "silver". To describe what something is made of, you usually add the adjective-forming suffix -inen. Therefore, hopea becomes hopeinen (made of silver).
If the subject was plural ("Those silver watches"), would on tehty change to a plural form?
No, it stays exactly the same! A major rule in Finnish is that passive structures do not change to match plural objects. "Those silver watches are made in Finland" is simply Nuo hopeiset kellot on tehty Suomessa.