Breakdown of Pidättekö viihtyisästä naapurustostanne?
pitää
to like
naapurusto
the neighborhood
viihtyisä
cozy
Questions & Answers about Pidättekö viihtyisästä naapurustostanne?
How does the possessive suffix -nne attach to naapurusto?
The word for neighborhood is naapurusto. Because the verb pitää requires the elative case, we first add the case ending -sta to make naapurustosta. Then, the second-person plural possessive suffix -nne (your) is added to the very end, resulting in naapurustostanne. Remember that possessive suffixes almost always attach after the case ending!
Why are the words for cozy and neighborhood in the -sta/-stä form?
The verb pitää (to like) requires the thing you like to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). Since adjectives must always match the noun they describe in both case and number, both viihtyisä (cozy) and naapurusto take this case ending.
Why does cozy get the -stä ending while neighborhood gets -sta?
This happens because of vowel harmony. Viihtyisä contains the front vowels y and ä, so it must take the front-vowel version of the ending, -stä. Naapurusto contains the back vowels a, u, and o, so it takes the back-vowel version, -sta.
Why is the word te (you) missing from this sentence?
In Finnish, the personal pronouns for we (me) and you (te) can usually be dropped. The verb ending -tte in pidättekö and the possessive suffix -nne already make it completely clear that the sentence is referring to you (plural or formal).
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