Breakdown of Annamme avustusta jokaiselle vastaanottajalle.
antaa
to give
jokainen
every / each (declinable)
vastaanottaja
recipient
avustus
aid / assistance
Questions & Answers about Annamme avustusta jokaiselle vastaanottajalle.
Why do both jokaiselle and vastaanottajalle have the -lle ending?
In Finnish, modifiers like pronouns and adjectives must match the case of the noun they describe. Since the recipient is in the allative case (vastaanottajalle), the pronoun for 'every' must also take the allative case, becoming jokaiselle.
How did the base word jokainen become jokaiselle?
Words ending in -nen change that ending to -se- when you add most case suffixes. So, jokainen drops the -nen, adds -se- to make the stem jokaise-, and finally adds the allative -lle ending.
Why is the allative case (-lle) used here for the recipient?
The verb antaa (to give) requires the receiver of the object to be in the allative case (-lle). In Finnish grammar, you give something 'onto' someone.
Why is the object avustusta in the partitive case?
The word avustus (aid or assistance) is being treated as an uncountable mass noun here. Because we are giving an unspecified amount of aid rather than one specific, whole item, the object takes the partitive case ending -ta.
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