Breakdown of Rotko oli vaarallinen, mutta hän ei olisi loukkaantunut siellä.
olla
to be
hän
he / she
mutta
but
siellä
there
Questions & Answers about Rotko oli vaarallinen, mutta hän ei olisi loukkaantunut siellä.
How does ei olisi loukkaantunut translate to "would not have gotten injured"?
This is the negative perfect conditional. It is built with three parts: the negative verb ei, the conditional auxiliary olisi, and the past active participle of the main verb, loukkaantunut. Together, they express something that would not have happened in the past.
If the subject was "I" instead of "he", would olisi change?
No, it would stay exactly the same. In the negative perfect conditional, the personal ending is handled entirely by the negative verb, so you would use en instead of ei. The auxiliary verb olla freezes in the form olisi for all persons. The main verb just adjusts to match the number of the subject, so "I would not have gotten injured" is en olisi loukkaantunut.
What is the base verb for loukkaantunut, and how does it differ from loukata?
The base form here is loukkaantua, which means to get injured or to hurt oneself. It is an intransitive verb, meaning the action happens to the subject. If you used the base verb loukata, the participle would be loukannut, which means you injured someone else or offended them.
Why do we use siellä for "there" instead of tuolla or sinne?