Word
Tuon näyttelijän esitys on todella tunteikas.
Meaning
That actor's performance is really emotional.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Tuon näyttelijän esitys on todella tunteikas.
olla
to be
tuo
that
näyttelijä
the actor
todella
really (very, intensifier)
Questions & Answers about Tuon näyttelijän esitys on todella tunteikas.
How does the suffix -kas work in the word tunteikas?
The suffix -kas (or -käs) means "having a lot of" or "full of" a certain quality. Here, it is added to the root of tunne (feeling, emotion) to create the adjective tunteikas, meaning "emotional" or "full of feeling."
Why is the stem tuntei- instead of just "tunnekas"?
When adding the -kas or -käs suffix to old Finnish words ending in -e (like tunne), the suffix is usually attached to the plural stem. The plural stem of tunne is tuntei-, which gives us the word tunteikas.
Esitys means "performance", but how was this word formed?
It is derived from the verb esittää (to perform, to present). Adding the suffix -us or -ys (or just -s after certain stems) is a very common way to turn a verb into a noun that represents the action or the result of that action.
Why do we need the genitive form tuon instead of just using the basic form "tuo näyttelijän"?
In Finnish, demonstrative pronouns like tuo (that) must agree in case with the noun they modify. Since näyttelijä is in the genitive case (näyttelijän) to show possession of the performance, tuo must also take the genitive form tuon.