Breakdown of Hyväntekeväisyys auttaisi sairaita ihmisiä.
sairas
sick
ihminen
human
auttaa
to help
hyväntekeväisyys
the charity
Questions & Answers about Hyväntekeväisyys auttaisi sairaita ihmisiä.
How do we form the conditional auttaisi (would help) here?
We take the strong stem of the verb auttaa (to help), which is autta-, and add the conditional marker -isi-. Notice that the final -a of the verb stem drops out before the -i of the conditional marker: autta- + -isi = auttaisi. Because the subject is charity, which is a third-person singular "it", there is no extra personal ending added to the end.
Why are the words for sick people (sairaita ihmisiä) in the partitive case?
The verb auttaa (to help) is a partitive verb. This means it always requires its object—the person or thing being helped—to be in the partitive case. This rule stays exactly the same even when the verb is in the conditional mood.
How do we build the plural partitive forms for sairaita ihmisiä?
For sairas (sick), the stem is sairaa-. To make it plural partitive, we add the ending -ita, giving us sairaita. For ihminen (person), words ending in -nen change to -is- in the stem (ihmis-). Then we add the plural partitive ending -iä, resulting in ihmisiä.
Hyväntekeväisyys is a very long word! Is there an easy way to break it down?
Yes! It literally translates to good-doing-ness. It is built from hyvän (good) + tekevä (doing, or the one who does) + -isyys, which is a suffix like -ness or -ity in English used to create abstract nouns.
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