Breakdown of Täällä rajoitetaan nopeasti sananvapautta.
täällä
here
nopeasti
fast
rajoittaa
to restrict
sananvapaus
freedom of speech
Questions & Answers about Täällä rajoitetaan nopeasti sananvapautta.
The lesson is about passive object case drop, so why doesn't sananvapautta drop its case and look like the nominative?
The rule for dropping the object's case marker in passive sentences only applies to total objects (which normally take an -n ending). It does not apply to partitive objects. Because restricting something is viewed as an ongoing or open-ended action, the verb rajoittaa takes a partitive object. Therefore, sananvapaus takes the partitive ending to become sananvapautta, and partitive endings are never dropped in the passive.
How do we get the passive form rajoitetaan from the dictionary form rajoittaa?
Rajoittaa (to restrict) is a type 1 verb. To form the present passive, we take the weak stem rajoita- (notice how the double tt weakens to a single t due to consonant gradation). Then we add the passive marker -ta- and the passive ending -an, resulting in rajoitetaan.
What is the base form of sananvapautta and how is it constructed?
The base form is the compound word sananvapaus (freedom of speech). It is made of sanan (the genitive form of sana, meaning "word") and vapaus (freedom). Words ending in -us typically change to -utta in the partitive case, which is why it becomes sananvapautta here.
Why is the adverb nopeasti placed right after the verb instead of at the end of the sentence?
In Finnish, adverbs of manner like nopeasti (quickly) generally sit right next to the verb they modify, often immediately after it. While putting it at the end (Täällä rajoitetaan sananvapautta nopeasti) is grammatically possible, keeping it close to the verb sounds much more natural.
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