Breakdown of Kysykää lähintä reittiä viranomaiselta!
kysyä
to ask
reitti
route
lähin
nearest
viranomainen
authority
Questions & Answers about Kysykää lähintä reittiä viranomaiselta!
Why does viranomaiselta have the -lta (from) ending instead of being a direct object?
This is because of verb rection. In Finnish, verbs of asking like kysyä require the person you are asking to be in the ablative case (-lta/-ltä). While in English you ask the authority, in Finnish you literally ask from the authority.
Why are lähintä and reittiä in the partitive case?
The verb kysyä requires the thing you are asking for or about to be in the partitive case. Therefore, the base phrase lähin reitti (the nearest route) becomes lähintä reittiä.
What is the base form of the word lähintä?
The base form is lähin, which is the superlative form meaning nearest or closest (related to lähellä, near). When putting lähin into the partitive case, the -n at the end changes to -ntä.
Why does the word viranomainen (authority) change to viranomaiselta?
Who is the command Kysykää directed at?
Kysykää is the plural imperative (command) form. The speaker is telling a group of people (you all) to ask. It can also be used as a polite, formal command addressed to a single person.
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