Breakdown of Miksi te ette valitse tuota hotellia?
tuo
that
te
you (plural/formal)
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
hotelli
hotel
miksi
why
valita
to choose
Questions & Answers about Miksi te ette valitse tuota hotellia?
How do we get the form valitse from the dictionary word valita?
Valita (to choose) is a Type 5 verb. To make the stem for Type 5 verbs, you drop the final -a or -ä and add -se. This gives us the stem valitse. In negative sentences, you use this stem exactly as it is after the negative verb!
Why doesn't the main verb have a personal ending, like ette valitsette?
In Finnish, only the negative word changes to match the person. For "you (plural) do not", the negative word becomes ette. The main verb that follows it always stays in its plain stem form (valitse) without any extra personal endings.
Why is "that hotel" translated as tuota hotellia instead of the basic tuo hotelli?
Because this is a negative sentence! In Finnish, whenever a sentence has a negative verb (like ette), the object receiving the action must be in the partitive case. The partitive form of tuo is tuota, and for hotelli it is hotellia.
Why does tuo (that) have to change to tuota? Can't I just say tuo hotellia?
No, because describing words (like this, that, and adjectives) must always match the case of the noun they are attached to. Since the grammar requires the partitive form hotellia, the word tuo must also take its partitive form, tuota.
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