Breakdown of Suosittu eläinpuisto avataan kesällä.
avata
to be opened
suosittu
popular
eläinpuisto
the animal park
kesällä
in the summer
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Questions & Answers about Suosittu eläinpuisto avataan kesällä.
What does suosittu mean?
It means popular.
Why is eläinpuisto one word?
It’s a compound of eläin (animal) + puisto (park) = animal park, i.e. zoo. In Finnish, compounds are written as a single word.
What case is kesällä, and why is the -llä suffix used?
Kesällä is in the adessive case (suffix -lla/llä). Here it indicates time, so kesällä means in the summer.
What verbal form is avataan, and why is it passive?
It’s the present passive of avata (“to open”), formed with -taan/-tään. Finnish passive has no explicit subject and focuses on the action itself.
How do you express future actions in Finnish, and how do we know avataan refers to a future event?
Finnish has no separate future tense. The present (active or passive) covers both present and future meanings. A time word like kesällä (“in the summer”) tells us it’s a future event: “will be opened.”
Why is eläinpuisto in the nominative case in this passive sentence?
In Finnish passive, the patient (the thing affected) remains in the nominative. No accusative marking is used.
How would you say They will open the zoo this summer in active voice?
He avaavat eläinpuiston kesällä. Note that eläinpuisto takes the accusative ending -n (eläinpuiston) when it’s the direct object in an active sentence.
How can you add an agent (e.g. by the city) to the passive sentence?
Use the postposition toimesta after the agent:
Suosittu eläinpuisto avataan kaupungin toimesta kesällä.