Word
Jokaisella on mahdollisuus tukea tätä keräystä.
Meaning
Everyone has a chance to support this fundraiser.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Jokaisella on mahdollisuus tukea tätä keräystä.
tämä
this
olla
to be
tukea
to support
mahdollisuus
the opportunity
Questions & Answers about Jokaisella on mahdollisuus tukea tätä keräystä.
Why does the sentence start with jokaisella instead of the basic form jokainen?
Finnish does not have a direct verb for to have. Instead, it uses the adessive case ending (-lla or -llä) plus the verb on (is). To say everyone has, you put jokainen (everyone or each) into the adessive case, creating jokaisella on (literally on everyone is).
How does the word jokainen transform into jokaisella?
For Finnish words ending in -nen, the -nen changes to -se- when you add most case endings. Here, the base word jokainen drops the -nen to form the stem jokaise-, and then the adessive ending -lla is added.
Why are the words tätä keräystä in the partitive case?
They are the object of the verb tukea (to support). Verbs that describe ongoing actions, feelings, or abstract interactions usually require their object to be in the partitive case. Since you are supporting this fundraiser, both the pronoun tämä (tätä) and the noun keräys (keräystä) take the partitive.
I have seen tukea used as a noun meaning support. Is it a noun or a verb here?