Breakdown of Minulla on sopimus, mutta en ole saanut päätöstä.
olla
to be
minä
I
mutta
but
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
saada
to get
sopimus
contract
päätös
decision
Questions & Answers about Minulla on sopimus, mutta en ole saanut päätöstä.
How is the negative perfect tense formed in en ole saanut?
To form the negative perfect tense, you use the negative verb (en, et, ei, etc.) plus the base form of the verb olla (ole), followed by the past participle (saanut). Notice that ole doesn't change here; only the negative verb and the participle change to match the subject.
Why is päätöstä in the partitive case instead of being the basic form päätös?
Because the action is negative (en ole saanut). In Finnish, if the verb is negative, the object of that action must almost always be in the partitive case. The basic word for decision is päätös, and its partitive form is päätöstä.
Since päätöstä is partitive, why isn't sopimus in the partitive case too?
The first part of the sentence (Minulla on sopimus) is a positive "I have" structure. In these possessive sentences, the thing you have is put in the nominative case (basic form) if it is a whole, countable thing like a contract. Since this half of the sentence is positive, the negative partitive rule doesn't apply to it.
How do we get saanut from the dictionary verb saada?
Saada (to receive/get) is a Type 2 verb. To form the past participle (the -nut or -nyt form), you remove the final -da or -dä from the dictionary form and add -nut or -nyt. So, saada minus -da leaves saa-, plus -nut equals saanut.
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