Questions & Answers about Kuka syö tuollaista chiliä?
Why is tuollaista used here instead of the dictionary form tuollainen?
Tuollaista is the partitive singular form of tuollainen. Demonstrative adjectives must always match the noun they modify in case and number, so it takes the partitive ending to match chiliä.
How do I know whether to use tuollaista or sellaista for 'that kind of'?
Use tuollaista when you are referring to something you can physically see or point to over there. If you were referring to an abstract type of chili, or one that was just mentioned earlier in the conversation, you would use sellaista.
Why are tuollaista chiliä in the partitive case rather than the accusative?
The verb syödä (to eat) takes a partitive object when you are eating an undefined amount (some chili). If the sentence was about eating one whole, specific chili pepper, the object would be in the accusative case: Kuka syö tuollaisen chilin?
Why doesn't the verb syö have a personal ending like syöt or syömme?
The question word kuka (who) acts as a third-person singular subject. Just like in English where we say 'who eats' instead of 'who eat', the verb takes the basic third-person singular form syö.
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