Learn Finnish: Ostin kuntotarkastuksen luotettavalta yritykseltä. - I bought a condition inspection from a reliable company.

Ostin kuntotarkastuksen luotettavalta yritykseltä.

I bought a condition inspection from a reliable company.

Breakdown of Ostin kuntotarkastuksen luotettavalta yritykseltä.

Questions & Answers about Ostin kuntotarkastuksen luotettavalta yritykseltä.

Why do we use the ablative case (-lta / -ltä) for "from a reliable company" instead of the elative case (-sta / -stä)?

The verb ostaa (to buy) requires a "from" case (elative or ablative). When you buy from a physical enclosed space like a store, you use the elative (kaupasta). But when you buy from a person, a website, or a corporate entity like a company, you use the ablative (yritykseltä).

Why is kuntotarkastus in the genitive-like accusative case (kuntotarkastuksen)?

The verb ostaa takes a total object when you buy a complete, countable thing. Even though an inspection is an abstract service, you are buying one full inspection, so it takes the -n ending rather than the partitive case.

Why does the adjective luotettava also take the -lta ending?

In Finnish, adjectives must agree in case and number with the noun they modify. Since yritys is in the ablative case (yritykseltä), its modifier luotettava (reliable) must also be in the ablative case (luotettavalta).

How does the word yritys change to form the stem yritykse-?