Word
He vastustavat joko tätä uudistusta tai tuota.
Meaning
They oppose either this reform or that one.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about He vastustavat joko tätä uudistusta tai tuota.
How do we use joko ... tai in this sentence?
The pair joko ... tai means "either ... or". You place joko right before the first option (tätä uudistusta) and tai right before the second option (tuota). They link two choices of the same grammatical type—in this case, the two objects of the sentence.
Why are the objects tätä uudistusta and tuota in the partitive case?
Because of the verb vastustaa (to oppose). It is a partitive verb, meaning its object must always be in the partitive case. Both halves of the "either ... or" phrase must follow this rule.
How is the partitive uudistusta formed from the base word uudistus (reform)?
For nouns ending in -us or -ys, you form the partitive simply by adding the ending -ta or -tä directly to the basic dictionary form. So, uudistus + ta becomes uudistusta.
The English translation says "that one", but the Finnish sentence just says tuota. Why is there no word for "one"?