Breakdown of Etsin uutta myymälää, josta voin ostaa laadukasta kahvia.
uusi
new
kahvi
coffee
ostaa
to buy
etsiä
to look for
voida
can, to be able to
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
myymälä
shop (retail outlet)
laadukas
high-quality
Questions & Answers about Etsin uutta myymälää, josta voin ostaa laadukasta kahvia.
Why does the sentence use josta instead of a word for 'where'?
The word josta is the elative ('from inside') form of the relative pronoun joka (which). In English, we say we buy things 'where' or 'at' a shop, but in Finnish, you buy things from a shop. Because the action is buying from the shop, joka refers back to myymälä and takes the -sta ending to match.
Why are uutta and myymälää in the partitive case?
They are the object of the verb etsiä (to look for). In Finnish, etsiä is a partitive verb, meaning the thing you are looking for must always be in the partitive case.
Why does the adjective uusi change to uutta here?
When forming the partitive case, Finnish words ending in -si usually change the -si to -t- before adding the partitive ending -a or -ä. So, uusi becomes uutta.
Why is laadukasta kahvia also in the partitive case?
Here the partitive is used because coffee is an uncountable mass noun. You are buying an unspecified amount of it (some high-quality coffee), so the object takes the partitive ending.
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