Sisältö on selkeä.

The content is clear.

Breakdown of Sisältö on selkeä.

• olla: to be
• selkeä: clear
• sisältö: the content

Questions & Answers about Sisältö on selkeä.

What does sisältö mean, and which part of speech is it?

sisältö is a noun in the nominative singular. It means content, as in the material or substance of something (for example, the text and images in a document).

Why is the adjective selkeä in the form selkeä, and why doesn’t it change its ending after on?

In Finnish, predicate adjectives (those that follow a form of olla “to be”) remain in the nominative singular when describing a singular subject. Here:

• sisältö is a singular noun (nominative), and
• selkeä is its matching adjective in nominative singular.
  You don’t use partitive or plural endings for a simple “X is Y” with a singular X.

Why is on used here, and can I omit the verb “to be” like in some other languages?

Finnish requires the copula olla (“to be”) for basic statements of identity or state. You cannot drop it.

• on is the third-person singular present form (“he/she/it is” or “X is”).
  So Sisältö on selkeä literally means Content is clear.

How do you pronounce Sisältö on selkeä, and where does the stress fall?