Word
Tämä unohtumaton herkku teki illan erityiseksi.
Meaning
This unforgettable treat made the evening special.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Tämä unohtumaton herkku teki illan erityiseksi.
tämä
this
tehdä
to do
ilta
evening
erityinen
special
Questions & Answers about Tämä unohtumaton herkku teki illan erityiseksi.
Why does the word for special end in -ksi in erityiseksi?
This is the translative case, which shows a change of state. When you use the verb tehdä (to make) to say that something caused an object to become a certain way, the adjective describing that new state must take the translative ending -ksi.
Why is ilta (evening) written as illan here?
The word illan is the object of the sentence, in the genitive-looking accusative case. This tells us the action is complete and affected the entire evening. If it had only affected part of the evening or was an ongoing process, the partitive form iltaa would be used instead.
How is the word unohtumaton (unforgettable) formed?
It comes from the verb unohtua (to be forgotten). The suffix -maton or -mätön is used to create adjectives meaning that something is not done or cannot be done. Attached to the stem, it creates unohtumaton, meaning unable to be forgotten.
What happens to the base word erityinen before adding the -ksi ending?
Like all Finnish words ending in -nen, the base word drops the -nen and replaces it with -se- before adding most case endings. This gives us the stem erityise- to which the translative ending -ksi is added.