Breakdown of Virasto ei ole tarkistanut hakemusta.
olla
to be
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
hakemus
application
virasto
agency
Questions & Answers about Virasto ei ole tarkistanut hakemusta.
How is the negative perfect tense formed in ei ole tarkistanut?
To say "has not checked", we use three parts: the negative verb ei, the helper verb ole (from olla), and the main verb in its past participle form tarkistanut. In the negative perfect tense, the helper verb ole stays in this base form and doesn't get conjugated; only the negative verb changes if the subject changes.
Why does the main verb end in -nut?
In the perfect tense, the main verb takes the past participle form. For singular subjects like virasto, this usually ends in -nut or -nyt. Because tarkistaa (to check) is a type 1 verb, you take the strong stem tarkista- and add -nut.
Why is the object hakemusta in the partitive case?
The most absolute rule for objects in Finnish is the negative rule: if the verb is negative, the object must be in the partitive case. Because the agency has not checked the application (ei ole tarkistanut), the base word hakemus must take the partitive form hakemusta. If the sentence were positive, it would be hakemuksen.
How do we form the partitive hakemusta from the dictionary form hakemus?