Breakdown of Käyttäjä arvosteli valmistajan uuden tietokoneen.
uusi
new
tietokone
computer
käyttäjä
user
arvostella
to review
valmistaja
manufacturer
Questions & Answers about Käyttäjä arvosteli valmistajan uuden tietokoneen.
Why is the object uuden tietokoneen in the accusative (which looks like the genitive) rather than the partitive case?
The verb arvostella (to review or evaluate) takes a total object when an evaluation of a specific, whole item is completed. Since the user finished reviewing the entire computer, the object takes the accusative -n ending. If the reviewing process were still ongoing, you would use the partitive: Käyttäjä arvosteli tietokonetta.
Words like käyttäjä and valmistaja end in -ja/-jä. How does this differ from the -tava/-tävä endings we are learning in this lesson?
The -ja/-jä suffix attaches to a verb stem to create a noun for the person doing the action. For example, käyttää (to use) becomes käyttäjä (user). In contrast, the passive present participle -tava/-tävä ending creates an adjective describing something that can or must have the action done to it, like käytettävä (usable / to be used).
What is the dictionary form of arvosteli, and how is this past tense formed?
The dictionary form is arvostella (to review/evaluate), which is a Type 3 verb. To form the past tense, you take the consonant stem arvostel- and add the past tense marker -i, plus any personal ending. Since this is the third-person singular (he/she/it), there is no extra personal ending, leaving us with arvosteli.
In the phrase valmistajan uuden tietokoneen, are all three words in the genitive case?
They all end in -n, but they serve different grammatical roles. Valmistajan is a true genitive showing possession (the manufacturer's). However, uuden tietokoneen is the total object of the sentence in the singular accusative case. The singular accusative simply happens to look exactly like the genitive.
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