Breakdown of Ensimmäinen älypuhelin julkaistiin vuonna 1992.
vuosi
year
ensimmäinen
first
julkaista
to publish
älypuhelin
smartphone
Questions & Answers about Ensimmäinen älypuhelin julkaistiin vuonna 1992.
How do you read the year 1992 aloud in this sentence, and what case is it in?
You read it as tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäkaksi. It remains in the basic nominative case because it immediately follows the essive word vuonna (in the year). The word vuonna handles the grammatical 'in' meaning, so the long number itself does not need to inflect.
Why is the object Ensimmäinen älypuhelin in the nominative case instead of taking an object marker like -n?
Because the verb julkaistiin is in the passive voice. A major rule in Finnish is that the object of a passive verb takes the nominative case rather than the genitive-accusative.
What does the ending -iin in julkaistiin tell us about the verb?
It shows that the verb is in the past passive tense. The base verb is julkaista (to publish or release). The passive is used here because the sentence focuses on the action (was published) without specifying exactly who did the publishing.
What are the component words of älypuhelin?
It is a compound of äly (intelligence or intellect) and puhelin (telephone), forming the Finnish word for smartphone.
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