Questions & Answers about Haluaisin kuulla päivityksestä.
Why is the word for update in the elative case (päivityksestä)?
The verb kuulla (to hear) is a cognitive verb. When you express hearing about something, Finnish requires that thing to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). Since you are hearing news about the update, päivitys takes the -stä ending.
How does the base word päivitys change into päivityksestä?
The base word is päivitys (update). Nouns ending in -us/-ys change their ending to a -ukse- or -ykse- stem before adding any case suffixes. First the stem becomes päivitykse-, and then we attach the elative case ending -stä.
Why use haluaisin here instead of just haluan?
Haluaisin is in the conditional mood, which translates to I would like. It is formed by adding the conditional marker -isi- to the verb stem halua-, plus the personal ending -n. It is used here to make the statement much softer and more polite than the direct haluan (I want).
What would it mean if I used the accusative case and said kuulla päivityksen?
Changing the case changes the meaning! If you use the accusative case (päivityksen), it means you physically hear the update itself, such as listening to someone reading it aloud. Using the elative case (päivityksestä) means you are just hearing information or news about the update.
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