Word
Ihmiskeho järkyttää jopa lääkäreitä.
Meaning
The human body shocks even doctors.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ihmiskeho järkyttää jopa lääkäreitä.
lääkäri
doctor
ihmiskeho
the human body
järkyttää
to shock
jopa
even (affirmative)
Questions & Answers about Ihmiskeho järkyttää jopa lääkäreitä.
Why do we use jopa here instead of edes for 'even'?
jopa is used for 'even' in affirmative sentences. If this sentence were negative, meaning 'The human body does not even shock doctors', you would have to use edes along with the negative verb: Ihmiskeho ei edes järkytä lääkäreitä.
Why is the object lääkäreitä in the partitive case?
The verb järkyttää (to shock) is an emotion verb. In Finnish, verbs that cause an emotional reaction or feeling always take a partitive object. Here it is in the partitive plural because it refers to an unspecified number of doctors.
Why does jopa come directly before lääkäreitä?
Focus adverbs like jopa are placed immediately before the word they are emphasizing. Since the sentence highlights that the body shocks even doctors, jopa must sit right in front of lääkäreitä.
How is the compound word ihmiskeho formed?
It is made by combining ihminen (human) and keho (body). When ihminen is used as the first part of a compound word, its ending is dropped and it changes to the root form ihmis-.