Breakdown of Huuto on kahdessakymmenessäviidessä eurossa.
olla
to be
euro
euro
kaksikymmentäviisi
twenty-five
huuto
bid
Questions & Answers about Huuto on kahdessakymmenessäviidessä eurossa.
How is the word kahdessakymmenessäviidessä built? It looks incredibly long!
This is the number 25 (kaksikymmentäviisi) in the inessive case (-ssa/-ssä, meaning "in"). In Finnish, when a compound number takes a case, every single part of that number must be inflected. So, kaksi becomes kahdessa, kymmenen becomes kymmenessä, and viisi becomes viidessä. Put together, you get kahdessakymmenessäviidessä.
Why use the inessive case (-ssa/-ssä) here instead of the adessive (-lla/-llä) for the English word "at"?
In Finnish, when talking about the current level or standing of a price, temperature, or score, the inessive case is used. You can think of the bid as being "in" the position of twenty-five euros, even though in English we say it is "at" that amount.
Doesn't huuto usually mean "shout" or "cry"? Why does it translate to "bid" here?
Yes, huuto comes from the verb huutaa (to shout). In the context of an auction (huutokauppa, literally "shout shop"), a bid is called a huuto because traditionally, bids were shouted out to the auctioneer.
If the number already has the -ssä endings, why does euro also become eurossa?
In Finnish, the noun must always agree with the case of the number modifying it. Since the number 25 is in the inessive case (kahdessakymmenessäviidessä), the noun it describes must also be in the inessive case (eurossa).
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