Breakdown of Ihmiset näkevät ongelmat, mutta ilmastonmuutosta ei ole ratkaistu.
olla
to be
mutta
but
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
ongelma
problem
ihminen
human
nähdä
to see
ilmastonmuutos
climate change
ratkaista
to solve (a problem, puzzle)
Questions & Answers about Ihmiset näkevät ongelmat, mutta ilmastonmuutosta ei ole ratkaistu.
How do we form the negative perfect passive in ei ole ratkaistu?
It is built with three parts: the negative word ei, the helper verb ole, and the passive past participle ratkaistu. Because it is passive (the doer is unknown or unimportant), the helper verbs always stay exactly as ei ole.
Why is the word for climate change in the partitive case (ilmastonmuutosta)?
Because the second half of the sentence is negative (ei ole ratkaistu). In Finnish, the object of a negative action must always be in the partitive case. If it were a positive statement, it would just be ilmastonmuutos.
If the object of the second clause is partitive, why is the object of the first clause (ongelmat) just the basic plural form?
Because the first clause (Ihmiset näkevät ongelmat) is a positive statement. In a positive sentence, a completely affected plural object simply takes the standard -t plural ending. The strict partitive rule only applies to the negative second clause.
How is the passive past participle ratkaistu formed from the verb ratkaista (to solve)?
Ratkaista is a verb type 4. To form the passive past participle for type 4 verbs, you take the dictionary form, drop the final -a or -ä, and add -tu or -ty. So ratkaista becomes ratkaistu.
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