Breakdown of Toimittaja raportoi tästä kommentista.
tämä
this
toimittaja
journalist
kommentti
comment
raportoida
to report
Questions & Answers about Toimittaja raportoi tästä kommentista.
Why is 'about this comment' translated using the elative case (tästä kommentista)?
The verb raportoida (to report) is a cognitive verb of communication. In Finnish, when you speak, think, know, or report about something, the topic takes the elative case (-sta/-stä). This is why we use tästä kommentista.
Is the verb raportoi in the present or past tense?
It could be either! For verbs ending in -oida (like raportoida), the third-person singular form is identical in the present tense (he reports) and the past tense (he reported). You have to rely on context to know when the reporting happened.
Why does the pronoun tämä change to tästä here?
In Finnish, modifiers like demonstrative pronouns must agree with their main noun in case. Because kommentti is in the elative case (kommentista) due to the verb raportoida, the word for 'this' must also be in the elative case (tästä).
How is the word toimittaja (journalist) formed?
It is built from the verb toimittaa, which means 'to deliver', 'to supply', or 'to edit'. The -ja suffix is added to indicate the person doing the action, similar to '-er' in English. An editor or deliverer of news is a toimittaja.
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