Breakdown of Valmentaja kysyi liikkuvuudesta ja lihaksista.
ja
and
kysyä
to ask
lihas
muscle
valmentaja
trainer
liikkuvuus
mobility
Questions & Answers about Valmentaja kysyi liikkuvuudesta ja lihaksista.
Why are liikkuvuudesta and lihaksista in the elative (-sta) case?
The verb kysyä (to ask) requires the elative case when you are asking about something. In English you ask "about" things, but in Finnish you ask "out of" them!
How does the word liikkuvuus (mobility) change to liikkuvuudesta?
Nouns ending in -uus or -yys change that ending to -uude- or -yyde- before adding most case endings. Here, liikkuvuus becomes the stem liikkuvuude-, and then we add the elative ending -sta.
Is liikkuvuus related to the verb for moving?
Yes! It is formed from the verb liikkua (to move). Adding the suffix -vuus or -vyys turns a verb or adjective into an abstract noun, much like "-ity" or "-ness" in English (mobile becomes mobility).
Why is there an -i- in the middle of lihaksista?
That -i- is the plural marker, because the trainer asked about muscles (plural). The base word is lihas (muscle), which has the stem lihakse-. When you add the plural -i- followed by the elative -sta, the -e- drops out, giving you lihaksista.
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