Word
Sinun täytyy perustella päätös, sillä asiakas vaatii sitä.
Meaning
You must justify the decision, for the customer demands it.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Sinun täytyy perustella päätös, sillä asiakas vaatii sitä.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
sinä
you
täytyä
to have to
asiakas
the customer
Questions & Answers about Sinun täytyy perustella päätös, sillä asiakas vaatii sitä.
What is the difference between using sillä and koska in this sentence?
Both translate to "because" or "for". The main difference is grammatical: koska is a subordinating conjunction, while sillä is a coordinating conjunction linking two independent main clauses. In everyday language, sillä sounds a bit more formal or literary, much like using "for" instead of "because" in English. Remember that a comma is always required before sillä.
Why does the sentence start with the genitive Sinun instead of the basic nominative Sinä?
The verb täytyy (must / has to) is a necessive verb. These verbs do not take normal subjects. Instead, the person who has the obligation to do the action is always put in the genitive case.
Normally a total object takes a genitive ending, so why is päätös (decision) in its basic nominative form here?
This is a special rule for necessive sentences! When the main verb expresses obligation (like täytyy, pitää, or on pakko), the total object of the sentence drops its genitive ending and appears in the nominative case. Therefore, it is päätös, not päätöksen.
Why does the sentence end with the partitive sitä rather than sen?