Breakdown of Tiedekunta uskoo hakijan suorittaneen pääsykokeen.
uskoa
to believe
hakija
applicant
pääsykoe
entrance exam
suorittaa
to complete
tiedekunta
faculty
Questions & Answers about Tiedekunta uskoo hakijan suorittaneen pääsykokeen.
Why does the sentence use hakijan suorittaneen instead of an että (that) clause?
This is the past active referative construction, known in Finnish as partisiippirakenne. It is a more compact, formal way of saying että hakija on suorittanut (that the applicant has completed). You will often see this shortened structure in written Finnish, news, and official texts.
Why is the applicant (hakijan) in the genitive case?
In the referative construction, the subject of the shortened subclause must be in the genitive case. Because the applicant is the one who completed the exam, the basic form hakija becomes the genitive hakijan.
How is the verb form suorittaneen built?
It is formed from the verb suorittaa (to complete). To make the past active referative form, you take the regular past participle (the form used with the perfect tense, which is suorittanut) and replace the -nut or -nyt ending with -neen.
Why does the object pääsykokeen end in -n?
Even though the clause is shortened into a referative construction, normal object rules still apply. Completing the exam is a finished, total action, so the object takes the genitive-looking accusative ending -n. If the action were ongoing or incomplete, it would be in the partitive case instead.
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