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submitted 1 day ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/learn_finnish@sopuli.xyz

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This could be Duolingo, as they have already had partitive mistakes they quietly corrected.

Lesson 1: Vesi on syvää.
Lesson 2: Vesi on syvä ja sininen.

Why is 2 not syvää ja sinistä?

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I was leaning towards Duolingo being incorrect as well. But in the past we had:

But silently #2 was changed to:

Minulla on poikaystävä.

However in this case we are talking about a single boyfriend, not the vastness of deep blue water.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

"Minulla on poikaystävää" means "I have (some) boyfriend" in the same way as "I have (some) water" or "I have (some) sand".

"Minulla on poikaystävä" is "I have (a/the) boyfriend"

If it's a countable unit, use the basic form. Boyfriends can be counted, but water and sand can not.