Breakdown of Hana vuotaa taas, joten putkimies tulee huomenna.
huomenna
tomorrow
tulla
to come
joten
so, therefore
taas
again
putkimies
the plumber
hana
the faucet
vuotaa
to leak
Questions & Answers about Hana vuotaa taas, joten putkimies tulee huomenna.
This sentence doesn't actually feature the translative participle of achievement from our current lesson. How would we use that construction to continue the sentence and say 'and gets the faucet fixed'?
You would say ja saa hanan korjatuksi. This uses the verb saada (to get/achieve), the object hanan (the faucet), and the passive past participle of korjata in the translative case: korjatuksi. Note the consonant gradation from tt to t in the participle (korjattu becomes korjatuksi).
Why is joten used here for 'so', and could I use siksi instead?
Joten is a relative conjunction that naturally connects a consequence directly to the previous clause. Siksi is an adverb meaning 'for that reason'. To use it here, you would need to add a conjunction like ja (...ja siksi putkimies tulee) or start a brand new sentence (Siksi putkimies tulee huomenna).
The verb tulla can mean 'to come' or 'to become'. How do we immediately know it means 'is coming' in this sentence?
When tulla means 'to become', the person or thing that is transforming is placed in the elative case (-sta/-stä), as in Hänestä tulee putkimies (He will become a plumber). Since putkimies is in the basic nominative case here, it is simply the subject performing the physical action of coming.
Just as a quick refresher, why is the present tense tulee used when the action happens tomorrow?
Finnish lacks a dedicated morphological future tense. Instead, it uses the present tense verb (tulee) combined with a future time word (huomenna) to show that the action will happen in the future.
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