Me harkitsemme tätä epävirallista ja epäloogista vaihtoehtoa.

Breakdown of Me harkitsemme tätä epävirallista ja epäloogista vaihtoehtoa.

tämä
this
ja
and
me
we
harkita
to consider
vaihtoehto
alternative
epävirallinen
unofficial
epälooginen
illogical

Questions & Answers about Me harkitsemme tätä epävirallista ja epäloogista vaihtoehtoa.

How does the prefix epä- work in epävirallista and epäloogista?
The prefix epä- is used to create direct opposites (antonyms) of adjectives and abstract nouns, similar to 'un-' or 'il-' in English. Here, it turns virallinen (official) into epävirallinen (unofficial), and looginen (logical) into epälooginen (illogical).
Why are the words tätä epävirallista ja epäloogista vaihtoehtoa all in the partitive case?
They are the object of the verb harkita (to consider). This is a partitive verb, meaning its object must always be in the partitive case. Because adjectives must agree with the noun they describe, the demonstrative tätä and both adjectives also take the partitive -a or -tä ending.
Why does the verb harkita change to harkitsemme?
Harkita is a Type 5 verb, which are verbs ending in -ita or -itä. To find the stem, you drop the last two letters (-ta) and add -se-. So, harkita becomes the stem harkitse-, and then we add the personal ending -mme for 'we'.
What is the word vaihtoehto made of?
It is a compound word made of vaihto (exchange or swap) and ehto (condition or term). Together, they form the Finnish word for 'option' or 'alternative'.

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