Breakdown of Artikkeli kertoo uudesta sivustosta.
uusi
new
kertoa
to tell
artikkeli
the article
sivusto
website
Questions & Answers about Artikkeli kertoo uudesta sivustosta.
Why is the elative case (-sta) used for both "uusi" and "sivusto" here?
The verb kertoa usually means "to tell". When expressing what a story, book, or article is about, Finnish uses kertoa followed by the elative case (-sta / -stä). Literally, the article "tells from" a new website.
Why is kertoo translated as "is about" instead of "tells"?
While kertoa literally means "to tell", in English we usually say an article "is about" a topic rather than "tells about" it. In Finnish, inanimate media like books, movies, and articles use kertoa to express what their subject matter is.
Why does the adjective uusi change to uudesta?
In Finnish, adjectives must match the case of the noun they describe. Since sivustosta is in the elative case, the adjective uusi (new) must also take the elative ending, which makes it uudesta.
How exactly does the word uusi become uude- before the -sta ending?
Old Finnish words ending in -si (like uusi or vesi) change the -si to -te- when adding endings, making the stem uute-. Then, because the -sta ending closes the syllable, consonant gradation kicks in and softens the t to a d, giving us uudesta.
What is the difference between sivu and sivusto?
Sivu means a single "page", like a page in a book or a single web page. Adding the -sto suffix creates a collective noun, so sivusto means a whole collection of pages, meaning a "website".
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