Breakdown of Neuvonantaja osallistui tapahtumaan avustajineen.
tapahtuma
event
osallistua
to participate
avustaja
assistant
neuvonantaja
advisor
Questions & Answers about Neuvonantaja osallistui tapahtumaan avustajineen.
How is the word avustajineen formed, and what does the -en at the end do?
Avustajineen uses the comitative case ending -ine, which means "together with." A strict rule for the comitative case is that it must always be followed by a possessive suffix. Here, the -en is the third-person possessive suffix (his/her/their).
The translation says "with his assistants" (plural). How do we know it's plural?
We actually don't know for sure just from the word! The comitative case is always built on the plural stem of a word, so it always takes a plural form. Even if the advisor had only one assistant, the form would still be avustajineen. You have to rely on context to know if it's one or many.
Why is "in the event" translated as tapahtumaan (into the event) instead of tapahtumassa (in the event)?
The verb osallistua (to participate) always requires the illative case (the "into" case) for the thing you are participating in. In Finnish, you don't participate "in" an event, you participate "into" it.
What are the root words that make up neuvonantaja?
It is a compound word made of neuvo (advice) in the genitive case (neuvon = of advice) and antaja (giver). So an advisor is literally a "giver of advice."
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