vaihteleeko

Vaihteleeko is a form of the Finnish verb vaihtelea, used to ask whether something varies, changes, or alternates. It literally means “does it vary?” and is typically encountered in spoken and written Finnish when posing a question about variability in time, conditions, or options.

In Finnish, questions of this type are formed by adding the interrogative suffix -ko or -kö to the verb stem. The resulting form, vaihteleeko, follows standard vowel harmony rules, producing the natural-sounding question form for the verb stem vaihtele-. The word functions as a complete verb phrase in a question and does not require an auxiliary verb.

Common contexts for vaihteleeko include observations about natural phenomena, schedules, prices, or behaviors that are not constant. For example: Vaihteleeko sää tänään? (Is the weather going to vary/change today?) Vaihteleeko sähkön hinta päivän mittaan? (Does the price of electricity vary over the day?)

Despite its general meaning, vaihteleeko is primarily a grammatical construct rather than a standalone concept. It illustrates Finnish verb conjugation and the formation of yes-or-no questions with the -ko/-kö suffix, and it is widely understood by Finnish speakers in both informal and formal discourse.

See also: Finnish verb conjugation, -ko/-kö question suffix, vaihtelea (to vary, to alternate).