Breakdown of Urakoitsija ei tilaa eristettä eikä vastaa puhelimeen.
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
puhelin
phone
vastata
to answer
tilata
to order
urakoitsija
contractor
eriste
insulation
Questions & Answers about Urakoitsija ei tilaa eristettä eikä vastaa puhelimeen.
How do we form 'neither... nor' in this sentence?
In Finnish, 'neither... nor' is formed using the negative verb twice. The first one is a normal negative verb matching the subject (ei for he/she/it), and the second one gets the suffix -kä added to it (eikä). Both are followed by the connegative form of the main verb.
If the subject changed to 'we', how would ei and eikä change?
The negative verb must always match the subject. If the sentence was about 'we' instead of the contractor, it would be emme tilaa... emmekä vastaa. The -kä suffix simply attaches to the fully conjugated negative verb.
Why do tilaa and vastaa look exactly like positive 'he/she' verbs?
After negative verbs like ei and eikä, you must use the connegative form of the main verb. For type 4 verbs like tilata (to order) and vastata (to answer), the connegative form just happens to look completely identical to the positive 3rd-person singular form.
Why is the word for insulation in the partitive case (eristettä)?
Because the sentence is negative. In Finnish grammar, if the verb is negative, its total object must always be converted into the partitive case.
Why is the word for phone in the illative ('into') case (puhelimeen)?
The verb vastata (to answer) is a rection verb that dictates the case of the word that follows it. You must use the illative case when answering a phone, a letter, or an email in Finnish, so you literally answer 'into' the phone.
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