Word
Arvostelija ei luota tämän laitteen kestävyyteen.
Meaning
The reviewer does not trust the durability of this device.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Arvostelija ei luota tämän laitteen kestävyyteen.
tämä
this
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
laite
device / ride (amusement park attraction)
luottaa
to trust
Questions & Answers about Arvostelija ei luota tämän laitteen kestävyyteen.
This lesson is about the -tava/-tävä participle. How does the verb in this sentence, luottaa, connect to that topic?
The verb luottaa (to trust) is very commonly used in its passive present participle form: luotettava (trustworthy or reliable, literally 'to be trusted'). While this specific sentence uses the basic negative verb ei luota, you will frequently see this verb in its -tava form when reading product reviews!
Why is the word for durability (kestävyys) in the illative case (kestävyyteen)?
The verb luottaa dictates this. In Finnish, you don't just trust 'something'—you trust into something. Therefore, the target of the trust must always take the illative case (the 'into' case).
How exactly does the base word kestävyys transform into kestävyyteen?
Nouns ending in -uus or -yys change their stem to end in -uute- or -yyte- before you attach grammatical endings. Here, kestävyys (durability) changes to the stem kestävyyte-. To form the illative, we double the last vowel and add -n, resulting in kestävyyteen.
Is arvostelija (reviewer) made up of smaller word parts?