Questions & Answers about En tarvinnut uutta liikettä, koska tulos oli hyvä.
How does the verb tarvita change into tarvinnut?
tarvita (to need) is a Type 5 verb. To make the active past participle for negative past sentences, we take the verb stem tarvit- and add -nut. Because of consonant assimilation, the t and n blend together into nn, giving us tarvinnut.
Why are we using the partitive case for uutta liikettä?
The action in this sentence is negative (en tarvinnut). In Finnish, the object of a negative sentence must always be in the partitive case. Therefore, the basic form uusi liike (a new move) becomes uutta liikettä.
How is the partitive form liikettä made from liike?
Nouns that end in -e, like liike, belong to a specific word group. To form their partitive, you add -tta or -ttä directly to the end of the basic word. Because of vowel harmony, liike takes -ttä.
Does the negative en tarvinnut affect the second half of the sentence?
No, it doesn't. The word koska (because) starts a completely new clause. Since this new clause is a positive statement describing the result, tulos oli hyvä uses the basic nominative case.