Questions & Answers about Ovatko nämä sukat villaiset?
How is the adjective villainen (woolen) formed from the noun villa (wool)?
You add the suffix -inen to a noun to create an adjective that describes what something is made of, its origin, or a certain property. Here, adding it to villa (wool) gives us villainen (woolen).
Why is the plural form villaiset instead of "villainet"?
Words ending in -inen have a special stem change. Before you can add an ending like the plural marker -t, the -nen part changes to -se-. So, the basic word villainen turns into the stem villaise-, and adding the plural -t makes it villaiset.
Why must villaiset be in the plural here?
In Finnish, adjectives have to agree with the noun they describe. Because the noun sukat (socks) is in the plural nominative case, the adjective describing it must also be in the plural nominative. Notice how the word for "these" (nämä) also matches the plural!
What does the -ko attached to ovatko do?
The suffix -ko (or -kö) is used to form yes/no questions. It attaches to the word you are questioning, and that word is moved to the very front of the sentence. By attaching it to ovat (they are), the sentence becomes the question "Are they?".
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