Breakdown of En valinnut kumpaakaan profiilia tässä sovelluksessa.
tämä
this
ei
no / not (negative verb)
valita
to choose
kumpikaan
neither one
Questions & Answers about En valinnut kumpaakaan profiilia tässä sovelluksessa.
Why does the word for "either", kumpikaan, become kumpaakaan in this sentence?
In a negative sentence, the object must be in the partitive case. The base word is kumpi (which), and its partitive form is kumpaa. The ending -kaan (neither/either) is always attached last, after the case ending. So, kumpaa + -kaan = kumpaakaan.
Why is profiili also in the partitive case (profiilia)?
Kumpikaan acts as a modifier here, similar to an adjective. In Finnish, modifiers must agree with the noun they describe. Because the negative verb forces the object into the partitive case, both words must take the partitive: kumpaakaan profiilia.
What is the base form of valinnut, and why doesn't the ending look like the usual "-nut"?
The base verb is valita (to choose), which is a Type 5 verb. To form the negative past tense, you use the past participle. For these verbs, the t from the verb stem assimilates with the n of the ending, creating a double consonant: vali- + -nnut = valinnut.
The English translation says "on this app," but the Finnish uses the inessive case (-ssa). Why not use the adessive (-lla) for "on"?