Questions & Answers about Tarkistutan hampaat huomenna.
How is the verb tarkistutan formed from the basic verb for 'to check'?
The base verb is tarkistaa (to check). To express having someone else do the checking, you remove the final -a from the stem and add the curative suffix -uttaa, creating the new verb tarkistuttaa. Finally, adding the first-person personal ending -n gives tarkistutan (I have checked / I will have checked).
If I wanted to specify that I am having my teeth checked 'by a dentist', how would I add that?
With curative verbs like tarkistuttaa, the person actually performing the action is indicated using the adessive case (-lla / -llä). You would say Tarkistutan hampaat hammaslääkärillä.
Why doesn't hampaat have a possessive suffix like -ni to mean 'my teeth'?
In Finnish, possessive suffixes are usually dropped when referring to body parts, clothing, or vehicles if the owner is completely obvious from the subject of the sentence. Because the verb is tarkistutan (I have checked), it is naturally understood that you mean your own teeth.
Why is the object hampaat in the nominative plural rather than the partitive (hampaita)?
The nominative plural functions here as a total object. Using a total object instead of the partitive shows that the action will be completely finished (the whole set of teeth will be checked). Combined with the time word huomenna, using the total object is the standard way Finnish indicates a completed action in the future.
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