Breakdown of Suunnitelma kuulostaa hyvältä.
hyvä
good
suunnitelma
the plan
kuulostaa
to sound; seem by hearing
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Questions & Answers about Suunnitelma kuulostaa hyvältä.
What does each word do in Suunnitelma kuulostaa hyvältä?
- suunnitelma = plan; it is the subject of the sentence
- kuulostaa = sounds; it is the verb
- hyvältä = good in a special case form used after verbs like kuulostaa
So the structure is basically:
subject + verb + predicative expression
What case is suunnitelma, and why is it in that form?
Suunnitelma is in the nominative singular, which is the normal form for the subject of a sentence.
The basic dictionary form is also suunnitelma, so nothing special is happening here. Finnish subjects are very often in the nominative when you are making a straightforward statement like this one.
Why is kuulostaa the correct form here? Isn’t that also the dictionary form?