Word
Tiedätkö, että uusi neuvola on auki tänään?
Meaning
Do you know that the new child health clinic is open today?
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Questions & Answers about Tiedätkö, että uusi neuvola on auki tänään?
How is the word neuvola built using the -la suffix?
The word neuvola comes from the noun neuvo, which means "advice" or "counsel". By adding the place suffix -la, it literally becomes "a place of advice". In Finnish society, a neuvola specifically refers to a maternity and child health clinic.
Why is there a comma before että in this sentence?
Unlike in English, Finnish has strict comma rules for connecting sentences. You almost always need a comma before että (that) when it connects two clauses that both have their own conjugated verb. Here, the first part has tiedätkö and the second part has on.
Why do we use the word auki here instead of a form of the verb avata (to open)?
Auki is an unchanging word used to describe the state of being open. When you want to say that a shop, clinic, or door is currently open, you use the verb olla (to be) + auki. You only use the verb avata for the action of opening something (for example, if a worker is physically opening the doors in the morning).
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