Word
Mansikka on punainen ja makea.
Meaning
The strawberry is red and sweet.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Mansikka on punainen ja makea.
Why is mansikka in the nominative case here instead of the partitive?
In basic A is B sentences, the subject is in the nominative if it is a singular, countable thing like a strawberry. You only use the partitive for the subject if it is an uncountable mass noun (like coffee or water, for example: Kahvi on kuumaa).
Why do the adjectives punainen and makea not take a partitive ending?
Adjectives that describe the subject after the verb olla (to be) must match the subject in case. Because mansikka is a singular countable noun in the nominative, the describing adjectives must also be in the singular nominative. If the subject were an uncountable mass noun, they would be partitive.
How could I apply this lesson's agent participle to say 'The strawberry I ate is red and sweet'?
You would use the verb syödä (to eat). Its agent participle stem is syömä-. Since you did the action, you add the first-person possessive suffix -ni. This gives you the adjective-like word syömäni. You just place it before the subject: Syömäni mansikka on punainen ja makea.
If the sentence were plural (The strawberries are red and sweet), how would these words change?