Word
Keittiössä hän ripustaa paidan kuivumaan.
Meaning
In the kitchen, she hangs the shirt to dry.
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Breakdown of Keittiössä hän ripustaa paidan kuivumaan.
hän
he/she
keittiö
the kitchen
paita
the shirt
ripustaa
to hang
kuivua
to dry
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Questions & Answers about Keittiössä hän ripustaa paidan kuivumaan.
Why does the sentence start with Keittiössä?
Placing Keittiössä (meaning in the kitchen) at the beginning emphasizes where the action takes place. Finnish word order is quite flexible, so starting with the location draws attention to it.
What case is paidan in?
Paidan is in the genitive case. The base word is paita (shirt), and in the sentence, paidan indicates possession or a direct object in certain structures.
Why is kuivumaan used instead of a simpler form like kuivua?
Kuivumaan is an illative form of the third infinitive. It indicates the purpose or goal of the action—here, the shirt is being hung to dry. In other words, it tells us why or for what purpose the shirt is being hung.
Do we always need to include hän in the sentence?
In Finnish, subject pronouns can often be omitted because the personal ending on the verb indicates the subject. However, using hän can help clarify or emphasize who is doing the action.
Why is Keittiössä in the inessive case?
The inessive case (-ssä) indicates a location inside or within something. Here, Keittiössä tells us that the action (hanging the shirt) is happening in the kitchen.
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