Word
Tuo kova melu häiritsee minua.
Meaning
That loud noise bothers me.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Tuo kova melu häiritsee minua.
Since this lesson is about emotion verbs using the elative case, why is the object here minua (partitive)?
While many verbs expressing feelings (like pitää or välittää) require the elative case ending in -sta/-stä, the verb häiritä (to bother or disturb) does not follow that pattern. It is a strictly partitive verb, meaning the person being bothered must always be in the partitive case. That is why we use minua instead of an elative form like minusta.
Doesn't the word kova usually mean 'hard'?
Yes, its most literal meaning is 'hard' or 'tough'. However, in Finnish, kova is also the standard adjective used to describe intense sensory experiences. When paired with sounds (like melu, noise) it means 'loud', and with weather (like tuuli, wind) it means 'strong'.
What is the dictionary form of häiritsee and how does it conjugate?
The infinitive is häiritä. It is a Type 5 verb (verbs ending in -ita or -itä). To find the stem, you drop the final -ä and add -se-, giving the stem häiritse-. For the third-person singular ('it bothers'), you double the final vowel of the stem, resulting in häiritsee.
Could we use the accusative form minut if the noise only bothered me once and then stopped?
No, you must always use the partitive minua with this verb. The verb häiritä expresses an action without a defined, finished result (often called an irresultative verb). Because the act of 'bothering' doesn't produce a completed physical change to the object, the object remains in the partitive case regardless of the timeframe.