Breakdown of He eivät tarvitse tapettia eivätkä eristettä työmaalla.
he
they
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tarvita
to need
työmaa
construction site
eriste
insulation
tapetti
wallpaper
Questions & Answers about He eivät tarvitse tapettia eivätkä eristettä työmaalla.
Why is it eivätkä instead of just eikä?
When saying 'neither... nor' in Finnish, the second negative verb must match the subject just like the first one. Because the subject is he (they), the negative verb is eivät. The clitic -kä is then attached to make eivätkä, which literally means 'and they do not'.
Why are both tapettia and eristettä in the partitive case?
In Finnish, the object of a negative sentence is strictly put into the partitive case. Because this is a negative sentence (they do not need them), both the wallpaper and the insulation take partitive endings.
What is the base form of the word eristettä?
The base form is eriste (insulation). Nouns ending in -e form their partitive by adding -tta or -ttä, which is why eriste becomes eristettä.
Why use työmaalla instead of työmaassa for 'at the construction site'?
Finnish typically uses the adessive case (-lla or -llä, originally meaning 'on') for open, outdoor areas and work spaces. Because työmaa refers to an open site, it takes -lla rather than the inessive -ssa ('in').
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