Breakdown of Sokkotestissä meillä on silmäside ja kaksi näytettä.
olla
to be
ja
and
me
we
kaksi
two
sokkotesti
the blind test
silmäside
the blindfold
näyte
the sample
Questions & Answers about Sokkotestissä meillä on silmäside ja kaksi näytettä.
Why does this sentence belong in a lesson about the word kumpi?
This sentence sets up a classic scenario for kumpi. It introduces exactly kaksi näytettä (two samples). The pronoun kumpi is only used when asking "which one?" out of exactly two choices. If the blind test had three or more samples, you would have to ask "which one" using mikä.
Why is the word for "sample" (näyte) written as näytettä here?
What kind of word is side in silmäside (blindfold)?
Silmäside is a compound of silmä (eye) and side (bandage or tie). Side belongs to the family of older Finnish words ending in -e. This means it gets an extra -e- and undergoes consonant gradation when you put it in other cases. For example, if you wanted to say "of the blindfold" (genitive case), the d strengthens to a t, making it silmäsiteen. Here, we just use the basic nominative form.
Can I use the word sokko from sokkotestissä to describe a blind person?
No, the standard adjective for a blind person is sokea. The word sokko is mostly used as a noun or prefix to describe an activity done without seeing or while blindfolded, such as sokkotreffit (blind date) or sokkoleikki (blind man's buff).
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