Häpeä on paha tunne.

to be

Breakdown of Häpeä on paha tunne.

• tunne: the feeling
• paha: bad
• häpeä: the shame

Questions & Answers about Häpeä on paha tunne.

What does each word in Häpeä on paha tunne literally mean, and what are their grammatical roles?

Word by word:

• Häpeä

  • Meaning: shame
  • Part of speech: noun
  • Case: nominative singular
  • Role: subject of the sentence

• on

  • Meaning: is
  • Part of speech: verb
  • Form: 3rd person singular present tense of olla (to be)

• paha

  • Meaning: bad, evil
  • Part of speech: adjective
  • Form: base form, nominative singular
  • Role: describes tunne

• tunne

  • Meaning: feeling
  • Part of speech: noun
  • Case: nominative singular
  • Role: predicative noun (a complement linked to the subject with on)

So structurally it is:

[Subject] Häpeä – [Verb] on – [Predicative] paha tunne
= Shame is (a) bad feeling.

Why is it häpeä and not häpeää here?

Both häpeä and häpeää exist, but they are different forms of the same noun:

• häpeä = nominative singular (dictionary form)
• häpeää = partitive singular

In , is the subject and we are making a general statement of identity/classification: