Word
Käymällä koeajolla voit löytää toisen auton.
Meaning
By taking a test drive you can find another car.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Käymällä koeajolla voit löytää toisen auton.
auto
car
löytää
to find
toinen
other, another; second
käydä
to visit, to go (and come back)
Questions & Answers about Käymällä koeajolla voit löytää toisen auton.
Why use toisen instead of muun here?
Toinen is used when you mean "another" as an alternative or one more of the same kind. Muu means "other" or "else", often implying a different kind or excluding the current subject entirely. Since you are looking for an alternative car to consider, toinen is the natural choice.
Why does toinen change to toisen in this sentence?
Toinen acts as a modifier for auton, so it must agree with its case. The phrase "another car" is the direct object of the verb löytää (to find). Because it represents a completed action, the object takes the -n ending. Both words get the ending, becoming toisen auton.
What is the -mällä ending on käymällä doing here?
The -mällä / -mällä ending creates the "by doing" form of a verb (technically the third infinitive in the adessive case). It tells us how or by what method something is achieved. Here, the base verb is käydä (to go/visit), so käymällä translates to "by going" or "by taking".
Why is koeajo (test drive) in the -lla form (koeajolla)?