Breakdown of Kenelle katoamisesta ei ilmoitettu?
ei
no / not (negative verb)
kenelle
to whom
ilmoittaa
to inform
katoaminen
disappearance
Questions & Answers about Kenelle katoamisesta ei ilmoitettu?
How do we form the negative past passive ei ilmoitettu here?
To make the past passive negative, you use the negative word ei and the past passive participle of the verb. For the verb ilmoittaa (to report), the affirmative past passive is ilmoitettiin (was reported). To make it negative, you drop the -in ending and use the participle form ending in -tu or -tty, giving you ei ilmoitettu (was not reported).
Why is the word for disappearance (katoaminen) in the elative case (katoamisesta)?
The verb ilmoittaa (to report or inform) requires the thing being reported about to be in the elative case (-sta or -stä). While in English we might say "the disappearance was not reported", Finnish phrasing acts more like "it was not reported about the disappearance".
How does the base word katoaminen change into katoamisesta?
Finnish words ending in -nen change their ending to -se- when you add most grammatical cases. Here, katoaminen drops the -nen and adds -se- to form the stem katoamise-, before finally adding the elative ending -sta.
Why do we use kenelle instead of just kuka for "who"?
Kenelle is the allative case form of kuka (who). The allative case often translates to "to" or "onto" in English. Because a disappearance is reported to someone, we must use kenelle to mean "to whom".
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