Breakdown of Minä en loukkaisi sinua tahallaan.
minä
I
sinä
you
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tahallaan
on purpose
Questions & Answers about Minä en loukkaisi sinua tahallaan.
Why does the verb loukata have one k in the dictionary, but loukkaisi has two?
Loukata (to offend) is a Type 4 verb, which means it undergoes reverse consonant gradation. It has the weak grade (one k) in its basic infinitive form, but it switches to the strong grade (two ks) when conjugated into the conditional stem (loukkaa-).
Why is there no personal ending on loukkaisi? Shouldn't it be loukkaisin because it means "I would"?
Because the sentence is negative. In negative sentences, the personal ending goes on the negative verb (here, en). The main verb takes the negative conditional form, which is just the conditional stem without the personal ending: en loukkaisi.
Why is sinua in the partitive case here? Is it just because the sentence is negative?
While negative sentences always require a partitive object, it would still be sinua even in a positive sentence (e.g., Minä loukkaisin sinua). This is because loukata is a "partitive verb," meaning its object must always be in the partitive case.
Shouldn't "on purpose" match the subject "I" and be tahallani instead of tahallaan?