Breakdown of Vanhaa kaupunkikuvaa ei koskaan korvattaisi uudella tehtaalla.
vanha
old
uusi
new
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
koskaan
never / ever
Questions & Answers about Vanhaa kaupunkikuvaa ei koskaan korvattaisi uudella tehtaalla.
How do we form the negative present passive conditional ei korvattaisi from the verb korvata?
First, find the positive passive conditional: korvattaisiin (would be replaced). To make it negative, use the negative verb ei and drop the final -in from the positive form. This leaves you with ei ... korvattaisi (would not be replaced).
Why is Vanhaa kaupunkikuvaa in the partitive case?
The object of a negative sentence is always in the partitive case in Finnish. Because the sentence contains the negative word ei (not), the entire object 'the old cityscape' must take the partitive endings.
Why does 'with a new factory' translate to the adessive case uudella tehtaalla?
The adessive case (ending in -lla or -llä) is used to express the instrument or means by which an action is performed. Here, it tells us what is being used to replace the cityscape. Both the adjective and the noun must match and take the same ending.
How does the stem of the adjective uusi (new) change to form uudella?
Many old Finnish words ending in -si change their stem to -de- when adding case endings. Here, uusi becomes uude-, and adding the adessive ending -lla makes it uudella.