Breakdown of Ostin kuntotarkastuksen luotettavalta yritykseltä.
ostaa
to buy
luotettava
reliable
yritys
company
kuntotarkastus
condition inspection
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)?
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-?
The word yritys (company) belongs to the family of words ending in -us or -ys. To form the stem for these words, the final -s changes to -kse- before adding a case ending. This is why yritys becomes yritykse- + -ltä.
What are the parts of the compound word kuntotarkastus?
It is made of kunto (condition, shape, or fitness) and tarkastus (inspection or check). It is frequently used to refer to a structural survey or home inspection done before purchasing a house.
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