Questions & Answers about Elokuvassa on tekstitys ruotsiksi.
Why does 'in Swedish' use the translative ending -ksi (ruotsiksi) here?
In Finnish, when you express the language something is spoken, written, or communicated in, you use the translative case (-ksi). So ruotsiksi means 'in Swedish'. If you used the inessive case instead (like Ruotsissa), it would mean 'in Sweden' (the physical country).
The English translation says 'subtitles' (plural), but tekstitys looks singular. Why is that?
Tekstitys is indeed a singular noun in Finnish. It refers to the overall concept or feature of 'subtitling'. While English uses the countable plural 'subtitles' for a movie, Finnish treats it as a single uncountable feature that the movie possesses.
Why does the sentence use Elokuvassa on (in the movie is) instead of a verb for 'to have'?
Finnish doesn't have a direct verb for 'to have'. To express possession, it uses a location plus the verb on. While people 'having' something usually take the adessive case (like minulla on for 'I have'), inanimate objects, places, or media like a movie often use the inessive case (-ssa) to literally say 'in the movie is'.
How is the word tekstitys formed?
It comes from the base word teksti (text). Adding the noun-forming suffix -tys creates a word for the action, process, or result of providing text, which translates perfectly to 'subtitling' or 'subtitles'.
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