Breakdown of Tarvitsemme tänne lisää pistorasioita.
tänne
to here
lisää
more
tarvita
to need
pistorasia
socket
Questions & Answers about Tarvitsemme tänne lisää pistorasioita.
How do we build the partitive plural pistorasioita from the base word pistorasia?
The base word is pistorasia. To make the partitive plural, we add the plural marker -i- and the partitive ending -ta. When a word ends in -a and the vowel before it is -i- (as in the ending -ia), the final -a changes to -o- before the plural -i-. So: pistorasia becomes pistorasio- + -i- + -ta, giving us pistorasioita.
Why is pistorasioita in the partitive plural rather than just the normal plural pistorasiat?
The word lisää (more) always requires the word that follows it to be in the partitive case. Also, when talking about an open or undefined amount of a countable noun (meaning "some sockets" instead of specific ones), Finnish uses the partitive plural.
Why use tänne (to here) instead of täällä (here) when there is no verb of movement like walking or driving?
Finnish is very strict about direction. Even though tarvitsemme (we need) isn't a movement verb, the context implies that new sockets will be brought or installed into this location. Because something is appearing or being added to the place, Finnish uses the directional tänne rather than the static täällä.
Tarvitsemme looks quite different from its dictionary form. What is the base verb here?
The base verb is tarvita (to need), which is a Type 5 verb. In Type 5 verbs (which end in -ita or -itä), you remove the final -ta and add the stem marker -tse- before attaching the personal ending. So, tarvi- + -tse- + -mme becomes tarvitsemme.
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