Word
Nuo lapaset ovat raidallisia ja värikkäitä.
Meaning
Those mittens are striped and colorful.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Nuo lapaset ovat raidallisia ja värikkäitä.
Why are the adjectives raidallisia and värikkäitä in the partitive plural, while the subject Nuo lapaset is in the nominative plural?
This is the core rule for plural subject complements! When a plural subject (like lapaset) is described by adjectives, those adjectives must be in the partitive plural. The subject itself stays in the basic nominative plural form.
How do we get from the dictionary form raidallinen to raidallisia?
Words ending in -nen are very common and follow a strict pattern. The -nen changes to -se- in the stem. For the partitive plural, this becomes -si- before adding the partitive ending -a, giving us raidallisia.
Why does värikkäitä have a double kk when the basic word värikäs only has one?
Words ending in -as or -äs undergo reverse consonant gradation, where a "weak" consonant in the basic form becomes "strong" in the stem. The single k in värikäs strengthens to kk in the stem värikkää-. Then we add the plural marker -i- and the partitive ending -tä, creating värikkäitä.
Why is the word for "those" nuo instead of the partitive plural noita?