Questions & Answers about Torille lisättäisiin uusia penkkejä.
How do we form the conditional passive in lisättäisiin?
Lisättäisiin (would be added) comes from the verb lisätä (to add), which is a Type 4 verb. To form the conditional passive, you take the passive stem (which is lisät- for Type 4 verbs) and add the conditional passive ending -täisiin (or -taisiin for words with back vowels).
Why use torille instead of the illative case like toriin?
Tori (market square) is considered an open, outdoor surface in Finnish. For open spaces, we use the "outer" location cases. Here, we use the allative case -lle (onto) because the action involves moving the benches onto the square.
Why is uusia penkkejä in the partitive plural instead of the nominative plural (uudet penkit)?
In passive sentences, an object is usually put in the nominative case. However, because we are talking about an indefinite plural amount (just "some new benches" rather than specific ones or all of them), we must use the partitive plural.
Why does the word penkki become penkkejä in the partitive plural?
To form the partitive plural, we need the plural marker -j- followed by the partitive ending -ä (or -a). When a noun ends in -i, that final -i typically changes to -e- before the plural -j-. Therefore, penkki becomes penkkejä.
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