Breakdown of Asema on hotellin ja torin välillä.
olla
to be
ja
and
hotelli
hotel
tori
market square
asema
station
välillä
between (two places; also of time)
Questions & Answers about Asema on hotellin ja torin välillä.
Why is the word for "between" at the very end of the sentence?
In Finnish, many position words are postpositions. This means they come after the noun, rather than before it like in English. So instead of saying "between the hotel", Finnish literally says "the hotel's between".
Why do both hotelli and tori have an -n at the end?
The postposition välillä requires the words it links to be in the genitive case, which is usually formed by adding an -n. Because there are two places joined by ja (and), both of those places need the genitive ending: hotellin and torin.
Are hotelli and tori regular words when adding the -n?
Yes, they are very straightforward. For many modern words ending in -i like hotelli (hotel) and tori (square), you just attach the -n directly to the basic word without changing any letters inside the word.
What is the base word for välillä?
The base word is väli, which means a space or distance. The ending -llä is the location case meaning "at" or "on". So välillä literally means "at the space" of the hotel and the square. This is how Finnish builds the concept of being "between" two things!
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