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Nämä ovat lohduttomat ja asumattomat rannat.
Meaning
These are the desolate and uninhabited beaches.
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Questions & Answers about Nämä ovat lohduttomat ja asumattomat rannat.
Why do lohduton and asumaton change to lohduttomat and asumattomat in the plural?
Adjectives ending in the 'without' suffix -ton/-tön (like English '-less') have a special stem change. When you add an ending like the plural -t, the stem changes to -ttoma- or -ttömä-. Notice how the single 't' in the basic form becomes a strong double 'tt' in the stem before the plural -t is added.
What noun does the adjective lohduton come from?
It comes from lohtu, which means 'comfort' or 'consolation'. Adding the -ton suffix makes it mean 'comfortless', which translates well to 'desolate' or 'bleak' when describing places.
How is asumaton formed if asua is a verb, not a noun?
While the -ton/-tön suffix is usually added to nouns, it can also be attached to verbs using the third infinitive stem (the -ma/-mä form). Here, asua (to live) becomes asuma-, and adding -ton makes asumaton, meaning 'uninhabited' or 'unlived-in'.
Why is the end of this sentence in the nominative plural (rannat) instead of the partitive plural (rantoja)?