Leipomon leipä on vielä kuuma.

to be

Breakdown of Leipomon leipä on vielä kuuma.

• leipä: the bread
• kuuma: hot
• vielä: still

Questions & Answers about Leipomon leipä on vielä kuuma.

Why are there no a or the in the Finnish sentence?

Finnish doesn’t use articles. Definiteness and indefiniteness come from context, word order, and case endings. In Leipomon leipä on vielä kuuma, the genitive case (Leipomon) plus context tells you it’s the bakery’s bread, not just a bread.

Why is Leipomo written with -n? What does that ending do?

The -n is the genitive ending, marking possession. Leipomon leipä literally means bakery’s bread (the bread belonging to the bakery).

Why do I see two similar words (Leipomo and leipä)? Are they related?

They share the root leip- (to bake), but they’re different nouns:
• leipomo = bakery (the place where bread is made)
• leipä = bread (the baked product)

What is on in this sentence?

on is the 3rd person singular present tense of olla (to be). Here it simply means is.

What does vielä mean and why is it placed before kuuma?