Breakdown of Muistan, että ne yhdet avajaiset olivat mahtavat.
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
muistaa
to remember
yksi
one
että
that (conjunction)
mahtava
awesome
avajaiset
opening ceremony
Questions & Answers about Muistan, että ne yhdet avajaiset olivat mahtavat.
Why is the plural form yhdet used here instead of yksi?
The word for an opening ceremony, avajaiset, is a plural noun. When you want to count a noun that is grammatically always plural, you must use the plural form of the number. So, one opening ceremony is yhdet avajaiset.
What is the exact function of ne yhdet in this sentence?
While it literally translates to those ones, the phrase ne yhdet is a very common Finnish expression used to mean that particular or a certain. It signals that the speaker is referring to a specific event that the listener also knows about.
Why are the verb olivat and the adjective mahtavat in the plural form if the English translation says was awesome?
Grammatical agreement in Finnish follows the form of the noun, not the meaning in English. Because avajaiset is grammatically plural, the verb must be the plural olivat and the adjective must take the plural ending to become mahtavat.
Could I say yksi avajainen if it was just a single, small ceremony?
No, avajaiset is strictly a plural word. Many Finnish words for celebrations and events, especially those ending in -iset or -äät like häät for wedding, only exist in the plural and must be counted using plural numbers like yhdet or kahdet.
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