Breakdown of Mummo asuu vielä lapsuudenkodissa.
asua
to live
vielä
yet / still
lapsuudenkoti
childhood home
mummo
granny (affectionate)
Questions & Answers about Mummo asuu vielä lapsuudenkodissa.
What are the parts that make up the word lapsuudenkodissa?
It is a compound word meaning 'childhood home' in the inessive case (meaning 'in'). It is built from lapsuus (childhood) plus koti (home) plus the -ssa ending. Notice how koti undergoes consonant gradation (t changes to d) to become kodissa.
Why is the first part of the compound lapsuuden instead of just lapsuus?
When building compound words, the first word is often put into the genitive case to link them. For words ending in -uus or -yys, the genitive marker transforms the ending into -uden or -yden. Therefore, lapsuus becomes lapsuuden.
Could I add a possessive suffix to say 'in her childhood home'?
Yes, you can! To say 'in her childhood home', you would attach the third-person possessive suffix to the end: lapsuudenkodissaan. Just like in English, Finnish speakers sometimes drop the possessive when the context makes it obvious whose home it is.
Could I use yhä instead of vielä to mean 'still'?
Absolutely. In a positive sentence like this, vielä and yhä are interchangeable and both mean 'still'. Vielä is simply a bit more common in casual everyday speech.
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