Breakdown of Aukion valaistusta lisättäisiin nopeasti.
nopeasti
fast
lisätä
to add
aukio
square
valaistus
lighting
Questions & Answers about Aukion valaistusta lisättäisiin nopeasti.
How is the conditional passive formed in the word lisättäisiin?
It is formed from the type 4 verb lisätä (to increase). You take the passive stem lisättä- and add the conditional passive ending -isiin. This gives us lisättäisiin (would be increased).
Why is the object valaistusta in the partitive case instead of the nominative?
Usually, a total object in a passive sentence is in the nominative case. However, valaistus (lighting) is an abstract, uncountable noun here. Because we are talking about an undefined amount of lighting being increased, it takes the partitive case (valaistusta).
What is the root of the word valaistusta?
It is based on the noun valo (light). From that root comes the verb valaista (to illuminate), and then the noun valaistus (lighting, illumination). The -ta ending here puts it in the partitive case.
Since there is no subject, why doesn't this passive sentence start with the verb?
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