Breakdown of Kaupungin asukasluku ei ole kaksinkertainen.
olla
to be
kaupunki
city
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
kaksinkertainen
double
Questions & Answers about Kaupungin asukasluku ei ole kaksinkertainen.
Since we are learning the analytical future, how would we change this sentence to say "The city's population will not be double"?
You would replace ei ole with the negative present tense of tulla (ei tule) plus the 3rd infinitive illative of olla, which is olemaan. The future sentence becomes Kaupungin asukasluku ei tule olemaan kaksinkertainen.
What are the component parts of the compound word asukasluku?
It combines asukas (inhabitant or resident) and luku (number, count, or chapter). Together they literally mean "inhabitant count", which is the standard way to express population size in Finnish.
How does the word kaksinkertainen get its meaning of "double"?
It is built from the number kaksi (two) and the suffix -kertainen, which means "-fold" or "times". Notice that the number takes an instructive or genitive-like form (kaksin-) before this suffix, making the literal translation "two-fold".
As a quick refresher, why does kaupunki change to kaupungin here?
Adding the genitive -n closes the final syllable, which triggers consonant gradation. The strong consonant cluster nk in kaupunki weakens to ng, resulting in kaupungin.