Breakdown of Pomo jatkaa kokousta huomenna.
huomenna
tomorrow
pomo
the boss
kokous
the meeting
jatkaa
to continue
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Questions & Answers about Pomo jatkaa kokousta huomenna.
What role does pomo play in the sentence and why isn’t there a separate pronoun?
pomo is the subject in the nominative case. In Finnish, subject pronouns like hän (“he/she”) are often omitted because the verb ending already tells you the person and number. The form jatkaa signals 3rd person singular, so you don’t need hän.
Why is the verb jatkaa in the present tense when the action is about tomorrow?
Finnish uses the present tense to talk about future actions whenever a clear time adverb is present. Here huomenna (“tomorrow”) indicates the event will happen in the future. There is no separate future tense in Finnish.
Why is kokousta in the partitive case instead of the nominative or accusative?
Verbs that express ongoing or incomplete actions—like jatkaa (“to continue”)—govern the partitive case for their objects. The partitive kokousta emphasizes that the meeting is being continued, not completed.
What is the difference between jatkaa and jatkua?
jatkaa is transitive and takes an object (in partitive). It means “to continue something.”
jatkua is intransitive and means “to continue (on its own),” without a direct object.
Why is huomenna at the end of the sentence, and could it go elsewhere?
Finnish word order is flexible. Time words often appear at the end for emphasis, but you could also say:
- Huomenna pomo jatkaa kokousta.
- Pomo huomenna jatkaa kokousta.
The meaning remains “The boss will continue the meeting tomorrow.”
How do you form the present tense of jatkaa?
Start from the infinitive jatkaa. Remove the final –a/–ä to get the stem jatk–, then add the 3rd person singular ending –aa. That yields jatkaa again, but note that the ending reflects both stem and personal ending.
Could you say pomo jatkaa kokouksen huomenna instead?
No. kokouksen is the genitive or accusative of kokous (“meeting”) and doesn’t work with jatkaa, which requires the partitive (kokousta). Also, time adverbs like huomenna aren’t attached to nouns.