Breakdown of Tämä opiskelija ei pidä luonnosta.
tämä
this
opiskelija
student
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
pitää
to like
luonto
nature
Questions & Answers about Tämä opiskelija ei pidä luonnosta.
Why does the word for nature end in -sta (luonnosta)?
The verb pitää (to like) requires the thing you like to be in the elative case, which ends in -sta or -stä. Even though the elative usually translates to "out of," verbs like pitää and tykätä strictly demand this ending. This is called verb rection.
The dictionary word for nature is luonto. Why does the t change to an n in luonnosta?
This happens because of consonant gradation. When you add a closed ending like -sta to luonto, the strong consonant pair -nt- weakens to -nn-. Therefore, luonto becomes the weak stem luonno- before the ending.
How do we get the form pidä in ei pidä?
In negative sentences, you use the negative verb (here, ei for the third-person singular) plus the main verb's stem. For type 1 verbs like pitää, you find this stem by taking the "I" form (minä pidän) and dropping the -n. This leaves the weak stem pidä.
I've learned that negative sentences often use the partitive case. Why isn't Tämä opiskelija in the partitive?
Tämä opiskelija is the subject of the sentence (the person who doesn't like nature). The subject normally stays in the basic nominative case, even in negative sentences. The rule about using the partitive in negative sentences usually applies to the object of a sentence, not the subject.
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