Breakdown of Jokainen henkilö saa yhden lipun.
lippu
ticket
yksi
one
saada
to get
jokainen
every / each (declinable)
Questions & Answers about Jokainen henkilö saa yhden lipun.
If I add a second sentence saying 'They give the ticket to the guard', should I use hän or tämä for the person?
You would use hän. In Finnish text cohesion, hän continues referring to the main subject of the previous sentence (in this case, jokainen henkilö). You use tämä (this one) when referring back to a newly introduced person who was the object or otherwise at the end of the previous sentence, to distinguish them from the main subject.
Why is the object yhden lipun instead of the partitive yhtä lippua?
The verb saada takes a total object when you receive a complete, countable item. Because the person gets one whole ticket, it takes the accusative case, which looks like the genitive with its -n ending. You would only use the partitive if the object were uncountable or the action incomplete.
Does jokainen work exactly like 'every' in English, taking a singular noun and verb?
Yes, jokainen is always followed by a singular noun (henkilö) and takes a third-person singular verb (saa). It behaves structurally just like 'every person' or 'each person' in English.
If I wanted to change the sentence to say 'to each person', would jokainen change its ending?
Yes, jokainen declines and must agree in case with its noun. To say 'to each person', you would put both words in the allative case (the 'to/onto' case), becoming jokaiselle henkilölle.