Breakdown of Tämä juoru on oikeasti yllättävä.
tämä
this
olla
to be
juoru
the gossip
yllättävä
surprising
oikeasti
really, for real (not pretend)
Questions & Answers about Tämä juoru on oikeasti yllättävä.
How would we apply the emphatic -pa/-pä clitic from this lesson to this sentence?
You attach the clitic to the first word of the clause to add a tone of surprise or emphasis. Since tämä has back vowels, we use -pa. The sentence becomes Tämäpä juoru on oikeasti yllättävä! (This gossip sure is really surprising!). You could also move the verb to the front to emphasize the state of things: Onpa tämä juoru oikeasti yllättävä!
In English, gossip is an uncountable concept, so the translation says 'piece of gossip'. Does Finnish have a word for 'piece' here?
No, because juoru is a regular countable noun in Finnish. It directly translates to a single rumor or piece of gossip. If there were several rumors, you would just use the plural juorut or partitive plural juoruja.
What is the root word of the adverb oikeasti?
It comes from the adjective oikea, which means right, correct, or real. By adding the -sti ending, which is the Finnish equivalent of -ly in English, it becomes the adverb oikeasti (really / genuinely).
I recognize the -vä ending on yllättävä. Is this a verb acting as an adjective?
Exactly! It is the present active participle of the verb yllättää (to surprise). Adding -vä (or -va) to a verb stem turns it into an adjective that describes what something is actively doing. Here, the gossip is doing the surprising, so it is yllättävä (surprising).
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