Breakdown of Me siivoamme ison hotellin imureilla.
me
we
iso
big
hotelli
hotel
siivota
to clean
imuri
vacuum cleaner
Questions & Answers about Me siivoamme ison hotellin imureilla.
Why is the adessive plural used for imureilla if we aren't standing on vacuum cleaners?
The adessive case (which adds -lla or -llä) is often used for locations, but it is also the case used to show the tool or instrument used to do something. Adding the plural marker -i- makes it imureilla, which translates perfectly to with vacuum cleaners or by means of vacuum cleaners.
How is the plural stem formed to get imureilla from imuri?
Imuri (vacuum cleaner) ends in -i. For the plural stem, this final -i changes to an -e- before the plural marker -i- is added. This gives the stem imurei-, to which we add the adessive ending -lla.
Why do we say ison hotellin instead of the basic form iso hotelli?
Ison hotellin is the object of the sentence. Because the cleaning of the hotel is viewed as a total, completed action, the object takes the accusative case. For singular nouns, this looks exactly like the genitive case (ending in -n). The adjective iso (big) must match its noun and also takes the -n ending.
What verb type is siivoamme and how is it conjugated?
The dictionary form is siivota (to clean), which is a type 4 verb. To find the stem, you drop the -ta and add an -a-. This gives the stem siivoa-, to which we add the personal ending -mme for me (we).
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