Breakdown of Minä ärsyynnyin kovasta melusta.
minä
I
kova
strong (intense, hard)
melu
noise
ärsyyntyä
to get annoyed
Questions & Answers about Minä ärsyynnyin kovasta melusta.
Why is the source of annoyance, kovasta melusta, in the elative case (-sta) instead of the partitive?
In Finnish, verbs that express a reaction or a change in emotion (like getting annoyed, surprised, or frightened) usually require the source of that emotion to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). Since you are getting annoyed by or from the noise, it becomes melusta.
What is the difference between the verbs ärsyyntyä and ärsyttää?
Ärsyttää means to annoy someone else (for example, Melu ärsyttää minua - The noise annoys me). Ärsyyntyä, which is used in this sentence, is the reflexive version meaning to get annoyed yourself. Since the subject is experiencing the change in emotion, we use ärsyyntyä.
Why does the verb stem change from nt to nn in ärsyynnyin?
The basic form of the verb is ärsyyntyä. When you add the past tense marker -i- and the first-person ending -n, the final syllable becomes closed. This triggers consonant gradation, which weakens the strong nt combination into a weak nn.
Why does the word kova (loud) also get the -sta ending?
In Finnish, adjectives must agree in case with the noun they describe. Because the verb requires the noun melu to be in the elative case (melusta), the adjective kova must match it and take the elative ending as well, becoming kovasta.
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