Question 1

Does using vaikka change the word order in the second part of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

No, it doesn't! Unlike in some other languages, vaikka (even though/although) simply joins two regular clauses. The word order in se ei kannata remains exactly the same as if it were a standalone sentence.

Question 2

How is ostaisin formed to mean "I would buy"?

Accepted Answer

It uses the conditional mood, which adds the marker -isi-. You take the stem of ostaa (to buy), which is osta-, add -isi-, and then add the personal ending for "I", which is -n. This gives you ostaisin.

Question 3

Why does the word for company, yritys, have an -en ending here?

Accepted Answer

It is the object of the sentence. Because you would buy the entire company (a complete action), it takes the total object case. For singular nouns, this form looks exactly like the genitive, ending in -n. The basic form is yritys, its stem is yritykse-, so it becomes yrityksen.

Question 4

I thought kannattaa meant "to support". Why does it translate to "profitable" here?

Accepted Answer

You are right that kannattaa can mean "to support" (like a sports team). However, when talking about a business, a project, or an action, it is very commonly used to mean "to be profitable", "to pay off", or "to be worth doing". Here, se ei kannata means "it is not profitable".

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