Questions & Answers about Nuotion tuli on lämmin.
Wait, isn't tuli the past tense of tulla (to come)?
Tuli is indeed the third-person past tense of tulla, but it is also the basic noun for fire. Because it follows the genitive nuotion (of the campfire) and acts as the subject of the sentence, we know it is the noun here.
Why is the adjective lämmin in the nominative rather than the partitive lämmintä? Isn't fire an uncountable substance?
It can be both! When you use the nominative lämmin, you are talking about this specific, individual fire as a complete entity. If you used the partitive and said tuli on lämmintä, you would be describing fire as a general, uncountable substance.
What is the difference between nuotio and tuli?
Tuli is the general word for fire or a flame. Nuotio specifically means a campfire or a built, controlled outdoor fire. Therefore, nuotion tuli specifies the actual flames coming from that campfire.