Breakdown of He ovat järjestäneet kampanjan ja keränneet rahaa.
olla
to be
ja
and
he
they
raha
money
järjestää
to organize
kerätä
to collect
kampanja
campaign
Questions & Answers about He ovat järjestäneet kampanjan ja keränneet rahaa.
How is keränneet formed from the basic verb kerätä (to collect)?
Kerätä is a Type 4 verb. To form the plural past participle for Type 4 verbs, you take the dictionary form, drop the final -tä or -ta, and add -nneet. So, kerä- + -nneet becomes keränneet. (If it were just one person, it would be kerännyt).
What about järjestäneet? How is its plural past participle formed?
The basic verb is järjestää (to organize), which is a Type 1 verb. For Type 1 verbs, you find the stem by dropping the final -a or -ä, and then you add -neet. Therefore, järjestä- + -neet equals järjestäneet.
Why is one object in the -n form (kampanjan) and the other in the partitive form (rahaa)?
This highlights the difference between countable and uncountable objects! Kampanja (campaign) is a single, complete, countable thing they organized, so it takes the total object -n ending. Raha (money) is an uncountable mass noun. Because they are collecting an indefinite amount of it, it must be in the partitive case (rahaa).
Why isn't the helper verb ovat repeated before keränneet?
Just like in English, you do not need to repeat the helper verb if the subject is the same. The single ovat applies to both verbs in this perfect tense sentence: They have organized... and (have) collected...
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