Word
Ruisleipä maistuu hyvältä voin kanssa.
Meaning
Rye bread tastes good with butter.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ruisleipä maistuu hyvältä voin kanssa.
hyvä
good
voi
butter
maistua
to taste (have a flavor)
ruisleipä
rye bread
Questions & Answers about Ruisleipä maistuu hyvältä voin kanssa.
Why is hyvältä in the ablative case (ending in -ltä) instead of just the basic form hyvä?
In Finnish, verbs of perception (words describing how things look, sound, feel, smell, or taste) require the adjective describing them to take the ablative case (-lta/-ltä). Because we are using the verb maistua (to taste), hyvä becomes hyvältä.
Could I say maistuu hyvälle instead of maistuu hyvältä?
Yes, absolutely! With verbs of perception like maistua, you can use either the ablative (-lta/-ltä) or the allative (-lle) case. They mean exactly the same thing, though the allative form (hyvälle) is often more common in everyday spoken Finnish.
Why is the word for butter (voi) written as voin here?
It is in the genitive case because of the word kanssa (with). Kanssa is a postposition, and in Finnish, the noun that comes immediately before a postposition almost always has to be in the genitive form (ending in -n).
Why doesn't the word ruis (rye) change its ending to show it belongs to the bread?