Aamiainen on valmis.

Breakfast is ready.

Breakdown of Aamiainen on valmis.

• olla: to be
• valmis: ready
• aamiainen: the breakfast

Questions & Answers about Aamiainen on valmis.

What does each word in Aamiainen on valmis. literally mean?

The sentence breaks down like this:

• aamiainen = breakfast
• on = is (the 3rd person singular form of the verb olla = to be)
• valmis = ready, finished, completed

So the literal meaning is Breakfast is ready.

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Why does Finnish not have a word for the in Aamiainen on valmis.?

Finnish does not use articles (like English a, an, the) at all.

Whether you mean the breakfast is ready or breakfast is ready is understood from context, not from a separate word.

So:

• Aamiainen on valmis. can mean:
  • The breakfast is ready.
  • Breakfast is ready.

Context (for example, are you talking about a specific breakfast you just prepared?) tells the listener how to interpret it.

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Why is aamiainen in this basic form and not changed somehow?