Word
Parvekkeella on viileää, joten otan viltin mukaan.
Meaning
It is cool on the balcony, so I take a blanket with me.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Parvekkeella on viileää, joten otan viltin mukaan.
Why is it parvekkeella and not parveke?
Parvekkeella is the word parveke (balcony) plus the ending -lla/-llä, which often means on, at, or in the area of something.
So:
- parveke = balcony
- parvekkeella = on the balcony
In Finnish, balconies are usually thought of as places you are on, not inside, so parvekkeella is the normal form.
Why is it on viileää instead of on viileä?
This is a very common Finnish pattern for weather, general conditions, and surroundings:
- on kylmää = it is cold
- on kuumaa = it is hot
- on pimeää = it is dark
- on viileää = it is cool
The adjective appears in the partitive singular form, so viileä becomes viileää.
This structure is used when you are describing a general situation or atmosphere, not a specific thing. So parvekkeella on viileää means something like it’s cool on the balcony / the balcony area is cool.
Why is there no word for it in the sentence?