Breakdown of He ovat tukeneet yhdistystä ja lahjoittaneet rahaa.
olla
to be
ja
and
he
they
raha
money
yhdistys
association
tukea
to support
lahjoittaa
to donate
Questions & Answers about He ovat tukeneet yhdistystä ja lahjoittaneet rahaa.
Why do both tukeneet and lahjoittaneet end in -neet?
They are in the plural active past participle form because the subject He (they) is plural. To form this for type 1 verbs like tukea (to support) and lahjoittaa (to donate), you take the strong stem (tuke- and lahjoitta-) and add -neet. Together with the helper verb ovat, they form the perfect tense (have supported, have donated).
Why is the object yhdistystä in the partitive case instead of the accusative?
Is rahaa also in the partitive case because of its verb?
No, lahjoittaa (to donate) is not a strict partitive verb. Here, raha (money) is in the partitive case (rahaa) because it is an uncountable mass word. They donated an unspecified amount of money, or some money.
Why is there only one ovat when there are two past tense verbs?
Just like in English, you do not need to repeat the helper verb when joining two verbs in the perfect tense with ja (and). The single ovat applies to both tukeneet and lahjoittaneet.
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