Breakdown of Lääkäri suositteli niitä voiteita.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
lääkäri
doctor
suositella
to recommend
voide
cream
Questions & Answers about Lääkäri suositteli niitä voiteita.
Why do we use niitä instead of ne for "those"?
niitä is the partitive plural of the pronoun se (it/that). Because the noun it points to (voiteita) is in the partitive plural, the demonstrative pronoun must match its case and number exactly.
Why are "those creams" (niitä voiteita) in the partitive case to begin with?
In Finnish, the verb suositella (to recommend) is a partitive verb. This means its object must always be in the partitive case, regardless of whether you are talking about specific creams or just some creams in general.
How does the dictionary form voide (cream) change into voiteita?
Words ending in -e (like voide) add -ita or -itä to make the partitive plural. This word also undergoes consonant gradation: the weak consonant d in the basic form changes to the strong consonant t in the plural stem, resulting in voiteita.
How is the past tense formed in suositteli?
It comes from the verb suositella (to recommend). To form the past tense, we take the stem suosittele-, drop the final e, and add the past tense marker i, giving us suositteli (he/she recommended).
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