Breakdown of Minä en hyppäisi tästä korkeudesta.
tämä
this
minä
I
ei
no / not (negative verb)
hypätä
to jump
Questions & Answers about Minä en hyppäisi tästä korkeudesta.
How do we form the negative conditional in en hyppäisi?
To make the negative conditional, use the negative verb (here, en for "I") plus the conditional form of the main verb without any personal endings. The positive form "I would jump" is hyppäisin. Just drop the -n at the end to get the negative form hyppäisi.
Why does the verb hypätä (to jump) have a double pp in hyppäisi?
Hypätä is a type 4 verb. These verbs use the strong consonant grade in their conditional forms. The single p in the dictionary form strengthens to a double pp when we form the conditional stem hyppäisi-.
Why do both tästä and korkeudesta end in -sta?
The -sta ending is the elative case, which translates to "from" or "out of" in English. In Finnish, modifier words like "this" (tämä) must match the case of the noun they point to. Because "from height" is korkeudesta, "this" must also take the matching ending to become tästä.
How does the dictionary word korkeus (height) become korkeudesta?
Finnish nouns ending in -us typically change that ending to -ude- before adding case endings. So the basic word korkeus transforms into the stem korkeude-, and then we add the -sta ending to mean "from".