Breakdown of Se on kokenein suunnittelija, ja se on tehny tän moduulin.
tämä
this
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
ja
and
tehdä
to do
suunnittelija
the designer
moduuli
the module
kokenut
experienced
Questions & Answers about Se on kokenein suunnittelija, ja se on tehny tän moduulin.
How do we get the superlative kokenein from the verb kokea?
It is the superlative form of a past active participle. First, the verb kokea (to experience) becomes the NUT-participle kokenut (experienced). To make a NUT-participle superlative, the -nut ending changes to -nein. This gives us kokenein (most experienced).
Why does the sentence use se when the translation says "he"?
In everyday spoken Finnish, se (it) is overwhelmingly used to refer to people instead of the standard written hän (he/she). This sentence is highly colloquial, so using se is the natural choice.
What are the standard written forms of tehny and tän?
tehny is the spoken form of tehnyt (made), and tän is short for tämän (this). In spoken Finnish, the final -t of past participles is commonly dropped, and demonstrative pronouns are heavily shortened.
Why is the object tän moduulin in the genitive-looking accusative case?
It is a total object. Because the action is completed (he has finished making the module), the object takes the genitive-like accusative case. If the action were ongoing, we would use the partitive case instead, like tekee tätä moduulia.
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