Breakdown of Liuoksesta haihtui yöllä reilut neljä prosenttia.
neljä
four
yö
night
prosentti
percent
reilu
fair (just)
liuos
the solution
haihtua
to evaporate
Questions & Answers about Liuoksesta haihtui yöllä reilut neljä prosenttia.
Why is reilut in the plural when the number neljä is in the singular?
This is a special rule for measurement approximations. When you use adjectives like reilu (a bit over) or vajaa (a bit under) right before a basic numeral in the nominative case, the adjective takes the plural form (reilut, vajaat). The number itself remains singular.
If reilut is plural, why is the verb haihtui (evaporated) in the singular?
Does reilu always mean 'fair' or 'generous', as it does in everyday speech?
It does originally, but in the specific context of numbers and measurements, reilu means 'a bit more than' or 'a good [number]'. So reilut neljä prosenttia means slightly over four percent. Its opposite in this context is vajaa (a bit less than / just under).
Why is the word for 'solution' in the elative case (liuoksesta)?
The verb haihtua (to evaporate) involves something physically leaving or separating from a source. Finnish treats this as a movement 'out of' something, which requires the elative case (-sta or -stä).
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