Breakdown of Haluamme lajitella pullot noihin laatikoihin.
tuo
that
laatikko
box
pullo
bottle
haluta
to want
lajitella
to sort
Questions & Answers about Haluamme lajitella pullot noihin laatikoihin.
Why is it noihin and what is its base form?
Noihin means "into those" and is the plural illative (into) form of the demonstrative pronoun tuo (that). In plural local cases, the stem for tuo becomes noi-. Because we are putting things into boxes, we add the illative ending -hin.
Could I use niihin instead of noihin here?
You could, but the meaning shifts slightly. Noihin points to something specific you can physically see over there ("into those boxes"). Niihin comes from se (it) and is more commonly used to refer back to things that were just mentioned in the conversation, similar to saying "into them".
How is the word laatikoihin (into boxes) formed from laatikko?
First, the double kk in the base word weakens to a single k (consonant gradation), giving us the stem laatiko-. Then we add the plural marker -i- and the illative (into) ending -hin, resulting in laatikoihin. It takes the same case ending as the pronoun noihin.
Why is pullot (the bottles) in the basic plural form instead of the partitive case?
Pullot is the object of the action. We use the standard nominative plural form (ending in -t) when the action is meant to be completed and affects the entire group. Here, we are sorting all of the specific bottles. If we were only sorting some bottles, we would use the partitive plural pulloja.
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