Questions & Answers about Minä pidän tästä tyylistä.
Why are tästä and tyylistä in the elative case with the -stä ending?
The verb pitää (to like) requires the object you like to be in the elative case. That is why the basic words tämä tyyli (this style) become tästä tyylistä.
I remember pitää meaning something like 'must' or 'have to'. How do I tell the difference?
You can tell by the grammar around it! When pitää means 'to like', the person liking is in the basic nominative case (minä) and the thing liked is in the elative case (tästä tyylistä). When it means 'must', the person is in the genitive case (minun pitää) followed by the basic infinitive form of another action verb.
Why doesn't the word tämä (this) just become tämästä?
The demonstrative pronoun tämä is slightly irregular. For most of its cases, the stem shortens to tä- before the ending is added, making the elative form tästä.
Is it okay to just say Pidän tästä tyylistä without minä?
Yes! Because the verb pidän has the personal ending -n, it is already clear that 'I' am doing the action. Native speakers often drop minä in this context unless they are specifically emphasizing who likes the style.
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