Breakdown of Uusi kysely lähetetään vastaajille tänään.
uusi
new
tänään
today
lähettää
to send
kysely
survey
vastaaja
respondent
Questions & Answers about Uusi kysely lähetetään vastaajille tänään.
Why is uusi kysely in the nominative case instead of the accusative?
In Finnish, when an action is done in the passive voice like lähetetään (is sent), a total object is put in the nominative case rather than the standard genitive-accusative. Since the survey is a complete, countable thing being acted upon, it stays as uusi kysely.
How is the passive verb lähetetään formed from the basic verb lähettää?
For verb type 1, the passive is formed using the weak stem. The strong double tt in lähettää weakens to a single t, giving us the stem lähetä-. Then, the passive ending -tään is added, resulting in lähetetään.
Let's break down the word vastaajille. What are its grammatical parts?
It starts with the verb vastata (to answer). Adding the agent suffix -ja creates the noun vastaaja (respondent). To direct the action toward them, we add the plural marker -i- and the allative case ending -lle (to/onto), giving us vastaajille.
Does the word tänään have a literal grammatical meaning?
Yes! It historically comes from the pronoun tämä (this) combined with the essive case. So tänään literally means during this day. You can spot a similar essive ending used for time in the days of the week, like maanantaina (on Monday).
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