Breakdown of Jos sinulla on rahaa, sijoita se rahastoon.
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
sinä
you
raha
money
jos
if
sijoittaa
to invest
rahasto
fund
Questions & Answers about Jos sinulla on rahaa, sijoita se rahastoon.
How does the word rahasto use the -sto suffix taught in this lesson?
The suffix -sto (or -stö) is added to a noun to create a "collective noun"—a word that means a group, collection, or system of that base thing. Here, raha (money) becomes rahasto, meaning a collection or pool of money, which we translate as a "fund."
Why is the word for fund in the illative case (rahastoon)?
The verb sijoittaa (to invest, or literally "to place") requires the illative ("into") case to express where the object is going. In Finnish, you don't just invest in a fund, you place your money into it.
Why is the word for "it" se instead of sen?
This is a special rule for objects when you give a command. The verb sijoita is in the imperative (command) form. When telling someone to do something to a whole object, we drop the usual -n ending. So, instead of the accusative sen, the object looks just like the basic nominative form: se.
As a quick refresher, why is raha in the partitive case (rahaa) in the first clause?
In the "someone has something" structure (sinulla on), the thing you possess must be in the partitive case if it is an uncountable mass noun. Because "money" is an uncountable concept here, we use rahaa.
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