Breakdown of Opiskelijan kannattaa pysyä itsevarmana, jotta asenne ei muutu negatiiviseksi.
opiskelija
student
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
muuttua
to change
pysyä
to stay (remain in a state or position)
kannattaa
to be profitable / to be worth it
jotta
so that / in order to
negatiivinen
negative
asenne
attitude
itsevarma
confident
Questions & Answers about Opiskelijan kannattaa pysyä itsevarmana, jotta asenne ei muutu negatiiviseksi.
Why is itsevarma (confident) in the essive case (itsevarmana) here?
The verb pysyä (to stay, to remain) requires the state you are staying in to be in the essive case (ending in -na or -nä). The essive expresses an ongoing state or role, so pysyä itsevarmana literally means "to stay as a confident person".
Why does the word negatiivinen end in -ksi (negatiiviseksi)?
The verb muuttua (to turn into, to change) requires the new state or result to be in the translative case (ending in -ksi). While the essive case is used for staying the same (permanence), the translative case is used to show what something changes into.
Why is "the student" in the genitive case (opiskelijan) instead of the basic form (opiskelija)?
The verb kannattaa (to be worthwhile / to make sense to do) is a necessity verb. Just like with täytyy (must), the person who "should" do the action takes the genitive case (-n), and the action itself stays in the basic infinitive form (pysyä).
Could I use että instead of jotta here?
While että (that) is sometimes used loosely in spoken Finnish, jotta specifically means "so that" or "in order to". It expresses the clear goal or purpose of an action. Using jotta makes it clear that staying confident is the strategy used specifically to prevent the attitude from turning negative.
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