Aamu on rauhallinen ja kaunis.

to be

Breakdown of Aamu on rauhallinen ja kaunis.

• ja: and
• kaunis: beautiful
• rauhallinen: peaceful
• aamu: the morning

Questions & Answers about Aamu on rauhallinen ja kaunis.

How do you pronounce "rauhallinen"?

You can break it down into syllables: rau-hal-li-nen. The r is a trilled sound, the au has a diphthong (pronounced together as one sound), and each vowel is clearly voiced.

Is "Aamu" always capitalized in Finnish, or only when it starts a sentence?

In Finnish, we generally only capitalize the first letter of a sentence or proper nouns. So "aamu" (meaning "morning") is not capitalized unless it appears at the start of a sentence.

What is the role of "on" in this sentence?

"On" is the third-person singular form of the verb "olla," which means "to be." It corresponds to the English "is."

Do "rauhallinen" and "kaunis" change form if the noun they modify changes?

Yes, Finnish adjectives usually agree with the noun in case and number. In this sentence, because "aamu" is in the basic nominative singular form, the adjectives "rauhallinen" and "kaunis" also appear in their singular nominative forms.

Is there a shorter or more colloquial way to say "peaceful and beautiful morning"?

In regular everyday speech, you might still say "Aamu on rauhallinen ja kaunis" or shorten it to something like "Onpa rauhallinen ja kaunis aamu!" (meaning "What a peaceful and beautiful morning!"), but there isn’t usually a more condensed single-word version for that description.