Breakdown of Hänen roolinsa on vaikea, joten ohjaaja neuvoo häntä liioittelemaan.
olla
to be
hän
he / she
vaikea
difficult / hard
ohjaaja
instructor / director
joten
so, therefore
neuvoa
to advise
rooli
role
liioitella
to exaggerate
Questions & Answers about Hänen roolinsa on vaikea, joten ohjaaja neuvoo häntä liioittelemaan.
Why is "him" in the partitive case (häntä) here instead of the accusative (hänet)?
This is triggered by the verb neuvoa (to advise). When you use verbs like neuvoa, pyytää (to ask/request), or käskeä (to order) to tell someone to do something, the person receiving the command or advice must be in the partitive case.
Why is the verb for "to exaggerate" in the -maan form (liioittelemaan) instead of its dictionary form (liioitella)?
Verbs of commanding and advising (like neuvoa) require the following verb to be in the 3rd infinitive illative form. You construct this by taking the strong verb stem and adding -maan or -mään. Because the director advises him into an action, Finnish uses this directional form.
If hänen already means "his", why do we also need the -nsa suffix on roolinsa?
In standard Finnish, third-person possessive pronouns like hänen (his/her) and heidän (their) always require the noun to take a matching possessive suffix. You are allowed to drop the pronoun and just say roolinsa, but dropping the suffix (hänen rooli) is only acceptable in casual spoken Finnish.
Could I use niin instead of joten to say "so" in this sentence?
You could use niin in spoken or casual Finnish, but joten is the exact standard word for "so" when it means "therefore" or "as a result". It connects the factual cause (the role is difficult) directly to the effect (the director advises him).
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