Questions & Answers about Me pidämme uudesta tulostimesta.
Why do both 'new' and 'printer' end in -sta here?
The verb pitää (to like) requires the thing being liked to be in the elative case, which means adding the -sta or -stä ending. Adjectives must match the noun they describe, so both uusi (new) and tulostin (printer) take the ending to become uudesta tulostimesta.
How does the noun tulostin (printer) change to tulostimesta?
Nouns ending in -in usually have a stem ending in -ime- before you add case endings. So, the stem of tulostin is tulostime-. When you add the elative ending -sta, you get tulostimesta.
Why is there a 'd' in uudesta when the dictionary word is uusi?
The word uusi belongs to a group of older Finnish words ending in -si that have a stem ending in -te-, making its basic stem uute-. When you add a closed syllable ending like -sta, consonant gradation weakens the t to a d, resulting in uudesta.
How would we say 'The new printer has been liked' using the perfect tense passive?
You would say Uudesta tulostimesta on pidetty. The passive perfect uses on plus the passive past participle pidetty. Notice that the object stays in the elative case (uudesta tulostimesta) because the verb pitää still demands it, even in the passive!