Breakdown of Hääpari kiittää kaikkia tästä tärkeästä tuesta.
tämä
this
kiittää
to thank
tärkeä
important
kaikki
all, everything, everyone
Questions & Answers about Hääpari kiittää kaikkia tästä tärkeästä tuesta.
Why are tästä tärkeästä tuesta all in the elative (-sta) case?
This is because of the verb kiittää (to thank). When you thank someone for something in Finnish, the thing you are thankful for must be in the elative case. Since the noun tuesta (support) is in the elative, its pronouns and adjectives—tämä (this) and tärkeä (important)—must also match it and take the elative ending.
Why is the word for everyone in the partitive case (kaikkia)?
The verb kiittää requires the partitive case for the person being thanked. So, while you use the elative case for the thing you are thanking them for (the support), the people actually receiving the thanks (kaikki, everyone) must go into the partitive plural (kaikkia).
What is the base form of tuesta and why does it look so different?
The base form is tuki (support). When you add the elative ending -sta, it closes the final syllable. This triggers consonant gradation, specifically the weak grade where the k disappears. Therefore, tuki becomes the stem tue-, and we get tuesta.
Why is the verb kiittää singular when hääpari (wedding couple) involves multiple people?