Breakdown of Näiden osakkeiden kasvu taitaa jatkua seuraavana vuonna.
tämä
this
vuosi
year
seuraava
next
jatkua
to continue
taitaa
to seem to, probably (does)
osake
the share
kasvu
the growth
Questions & Answers about Näiden osakkeiden kasvu taitaa jatkua seuraavana vuonna.
How does taitaa work in this sentence?
Taitaa is an epistemic modal verb used to express likelihood, meaning "seems to", "probably will", or "I guess". It acts like other modal verbs you've learned (such as voida or haluta): it gets conjugated to match the subject (here, the third-person singular kasvu) and is followed directly by the basic dictionary form (1st infinitive) of the main verb, which is jatkua.
Why is the verb jatkua used here instead of jatkaa?
This highlights the important difference between things happening on their own (intransitive verbs) versus someone doing an action to an object (transitive verbs). Jatkua means "to continue" in the sense that something just keeps going by itself, like the growth (kasvu) here. If a person were actively continuing a task, you would use jatkaa, for example: Minä jatkan työtä (I continue the work).
Why does "next year" translate to seuraavana vuonna with the -na ending?
In Finnish, specific points in time, like days of the week, specific years, and certain holidays, take the essive case ending -na or -nä. Just like maanantaina means "on Monday", seuraavana vuonna means "in the following year". Notice that the adjective seuraava must agree with the noun vuosi, so both words get the -na ending.
How is the word osakkeiden formed from the basic word osake (stock/share)?
Nouns ending in -e undergo "reverse" consonant gradation. The dictionary form is in the weak grade (with one k), but when adding most endings, the stem becomes strong (with two ks). To make the plural genitive form, the strong stem osakke- gets the plural marker -i- and the genitive plural ending -den, resulting in osakkeiden (of the stocks).
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