Questions & Answers about Miten värjäämme tyven?
Why does the sentence use miten instead of kuinka?
Both miten and kuinka mean 'how', and you could use either here. However, miten is very natural when asking about the method or manner of doing something (like the process of dyeing hair). Kuinka is often preferred when asking about degree or amount, as in kuinka paljon (how much).
What is the base form of värjäämme and how does it conjugate?
The base verb is värjätä (to dye or color), which is a type 4 verb. To conjugate it, you drop the -tä to get the stem värjä-, and then double the last vowel to make värjää-. Finally, add the personal ending -mme for 'we'.
I learned that 'root' is juuri. Why does this sentence use tyven?
The base form of tyven is tyvi, which means the base or bottom part of something. While juuri is the literal root of a plant or tooth, tyvi is the word used in hairdressing for the hair near the scalp. So, dyeing your roots is dyeing the tyvi.
Why does tyven end in -n here?
It is the direct object of the sentence. Because the sentence has an active subject doing the action ('we' are dyeing the roots completely), the total object takes the genitive-accusative case, which ends in -n.
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