Breakdown of Miten sinä selvittäisit tämän riidan?
tämä
this
sinä
you
miten
how (in what way)
selvittää
to solve
riita
argument
Questions & Answers about Miten sinä selvittäisit tämän riidan?
Why does selvittäisit have a strong tt when the normal present tense uses a single t?
This is a special rule for the conditional mood! For Type 1 verbs like selvittää (to solve), the conditional marker -isi- is always added to the strong stem. So while the present tense weakens to minä selvitän, the conditional stays strong as sinä selvittäisit.
What are the exact steps to build the conditional word selvittäisit?
First, take the strong stem of the verb selvittää, which is selvittä-. Then drop the last vowel to make room for the conditional marker -isi-, giving us selvittäisi-. Finally, add the personal ending -t for 'you' to get selvittäisit.
Why do we say tämän riidan instead of just tämä riita?
Because the argument is the direct object of the sentence and it is being completely solved, it takes the accusative case. For singular nouns, the accusative case looks exactly like the genitive case, meaning both words get an -n at the end.
How does consonant gradation work in the word riidan?
The basic dictionary form for 'argument' is riita. When you add the -n ending to make it the object, it closes the final syllable. This forces the strong consonant t to grade down into the weak consonant d, becoming riidan.
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