Nunnat rukoilevat hiljaisessa luostarissa joka päivä.
The nuns pray in the quiet monastery every day.
Breakdown of Nunnat rukoilevat hiljaisessa luostarissa joka päivä.
päivä
day
hiljainen
quiet
joka
every
luostari
monastery
Questions & Answers about Nunnat rukoilevat hiljaisessa luostarissa joka päivä.
Why do we use joka päivä instead of a time case ending like jokaisena päivänä?
Joka is an indeclinable word meaning "every". When expressing time with it, the noun that follows stays in its basic form (nominative). While you can use the essive case with the word jokainen (jokaisena päivänä), simply saying joka päivä is much more common and natural for daily routines.
How do we get the form rukoilevat from the basic verb rukoilla?
Rukoilla (to pray) is a Type 3 verb. To find its stem, you drop the final -la and add an -e-, giving the stem rukoile-. Then you just add the "they" personal ending -vat.
Why doesn't this sentence contain an object, and what case would it use if it did?
This sentence describes the general act of praying without specifying who or what is being prayed to. If you wanted to add an object, like "praying to God", the verb rukoilla requires the partitive case (e.g., rukoilevat Jumalaa).
Is there a specific reason hiljaisessa luostarissa comes before joka päivä?
Yes, Finnish generally follows a "Location before Time" rule in neutral sentences. While Nunnat rukoilevat joka päivä hiljaisessa luostarissa is grammatically understandable, placing the location first is the standard, most natural word order.