Breakdown of Kuvaaja neuvoo meitä seisomaan lavasteen edessä.
me
we
seisoa
to stand
edessä
in front of
neuvoa
to advise
Questions & Answers about Kuvaaja neuvoo meitä seisomaan lavasteen edessä.
Why do we use seisomaan here instead of the basic form seisoa?
This is the core rule for this lesson! Verbs of requesting, commanding, and advising, such as neuvoa (to advise), require the action being requested to be in the 3rd infinitive illative form. This means adding -maan or -mään to the verb stem, giving us seisomaan.
Why is the object us in the partitive form (meitä) rather than meidät?
When using verbs like neuvoa, pyytää (to ask), or käskeä (to order) along with a 3rd infinitive verb, the person you are instructing must be in the partitive case.
Why does lavaste (set piece) take the genitive ending -n here to become lavasteen?
It is governed by edessä (in front of). Edessä is a postposition, and most Finnish postpositions require the noun coming right before them to be in the genitive case.
What is the connection between lavaste (set piece) and lava (stage)?
They share the same root! Lava means a stage or platform. Adding the suffix -ste often creates a noun for a physical object or material used for that purpose (similar to how koristaa means to decorate and koriste is a decoration). So, lavaste is a piece of staging or scenery.