Breakdown of Mitä jos muutamme aikataulua?
muuttaa
to change (something)
aikataulu
schedule
mitä jos
what if
Questions & Answers about Mitä jos muutamme aikataulua?
Why do we use the regular present tense muutamme after jos instead of a conditional form?
The phrase mitä jos (what if) followed by a regular present tense verb is a very common way to make a practical suggestion in Finnish. You don't need a special conditional verb form (which you will learn later) when suggesting an action that is entirely possible to do right now.
Why is the word for schedule, aikataulu, written here as aikataulua?
It is in the partitive case (ending in -a). The verb muuttaa (to change) is a partitive verb, meaning it generally requires its object to be in the partitive case. Whenever you change something in Finnish, the thing being changed gets this ending.
The dictionary form of the verb is muuttaa. Why does muutamme only have one t?
This is due to consonant gradation (KPT changes). Muuttaa is a Type 1 verb. When we add the -mme ending for "we", it closes the syllable. This forces the strong double tt to weaken into a single t.
Does the word order change when we use a subordinate clause starting with jos?
No, Finnish keeps it simple here! The word order after jos stays exactly the same as a normal main sentence (Subject-Verb-Object). Here, the subject pronoun me (we) is dropped, so the verb muutamme naturally follows right after jos.
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