Word
Sirkuksen esitys on todella hämmästyttävä.
Meaning
The circus's performance is truly amazing.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Sirkuksen esitys on todella hämmästyttävä.
olla
to be
todella
really (very, intensifier)
esitys
presentation / performance / show
sirkus
the circus
Questions & Answers about Sirkuksen esitys on todella hämmästyttävä.
Since this lesson is about millainen and minkälainen, how would I ask the question that this sentence answers?
You would ask Millainen sirkuksen esitys on? (What is the circus performance like?). The question words millainen and minkälainen ask about the qualities or characteristics of a noun. In this sentence, the adjective hämmästyttävä (amazing) directly provides that quality.
The word hämmästyttävä looks like a verb form. Is it?
Yes! It is the present active participle of the verb hämmästyttää (to amaze or astonish). By adding the -va/-vä ending to the strong verb stem, you create an adjective that means the noun is currently doing that action. It is exactly like turning "amaze" into "amazing" in English.
Could I say sirkusesitys as one compound word instead of sirkuksen esitys?
Yes, absolutely. Sirkusesitys is a very common compound word. Keeping them as separate words with the genitive form (sirkuksen) slightly emphasizes that it is "the performance of the circus", but in everyday Finnish, both options are perfectly natural and mean the same thing.
How is the noun esitys formed?