Breakdown of Sinä et olisi kärsinyt, jos sinulla olisi ollut teltta ja tulitikkuja.
olla
to be
sinä
you
ja
and
ei
no / not (negative verb)
teltta
tent
jos
if
tulitikku
the match
kärsiä
to suffer
Questions & Answers about Sinä et olisi kärsinyt, jos sinulla olisi ollut teltta ja tulitikkuja.
How is the negative perfect conditional formed in et olisi kärsinyt?
It consists of the negative verb for 'you' (et), the auxiliary verb olla in its conditional form but without personal endings (olisi), and the main verb in the past active participle (kärsinyt).
Why does the second part say olisi ollut instead of just olisi?
olisi ollut is the affirmative perfect conditional, meaning 'would have been' or, in this possession structure, 'would have had'. It uses the conditional auxiliary olisi plus the past participle of olla (ollut). The first clause is negative ('would not have'), while this second clause is affirmative ('if you had had').
Why is teltta in the nominative case but tulitikkuja in the partitive?
In Finnish 'to have' sentences, the things you own follow existential rules. A complete, single countable object like a tent takes the nominative case (teltta). An unspecified plural amount of things, like matches, takes the partitive plural (tulitikkuja).
What is the dictionary form of kärsinyt and how is this participle formed?
The dictionary form is kärsiä (to suffer), which is a Type 1 verb. To form the past active participle for a singular subject, you take the infinitive stem (kärsi-) and add -nyt.
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