Word
Tietokoneen kehitys on nopeaa.
Meaning
The development of the computer is fast.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Tietokoneen kehitys on nopeaa.
olla
to be
tietokone
computer
nopea
fast (adjective)
kehitys
development
Questions & Answers about Tietokoneen kehitys on nopeaa.
How is the noun kehitys formed from a verb?
It is derived from the verb kehittää (to develop something) or kehittyä (to develop/evolve). By adding the suffix -ys to the stem, the action becomes the noun for "development". It uses -ys instead of -us because of vowel harmony (the word has the front vowels e and i).
Why is the adjective nopeaa in the partitive case rather than the nominative nopea?
When describing an abstract concept or an uncountable mass noun, Finnish uses the partitive case for the adjective that follows the verb olla (to be). Since kehitys (development) is an abstract concept, it takes the partitive nopeaa.
Why do we use the genitive case for tietokoneen?
The genitive ending -n expresses "of". Just like saying "the computer's development" in English, Finnish places the subject of the action in the genitive case right before the noun.
What is the literal translation of the compound word tietokone?
It combines tieto (knowledge, information, data) and kone (machine). A computer is literally an "information machine".