Breakdown of Uutinen teki teidät toiveikkaiksi.
tehdä
to do
teidät
you (plural)
uutinen
news
toiveikas
hopeful
Questions & Answers about Uutinen teki teidät toiveikkaiksi.
Why is the word for 'hopeful' in the translative case (toiveikkaiksi)?
This is the core of the current lesson! When using the verb tehdä (to make) to express that an action causes a change of state, the resulting state must take the translative case (-ksi). The news caused you to become hopeful.
Why is it toiveikkaiksi with an 'i' instead of the singular toiveikkaaksi?
In Finnish, the adjective describing the resulting state must agree in number with the object. Because the object here is teidät (you plural), the adjective must also be plural. The plural translative is formed using the plural marker -i- followed by the translative ending -ksi.
Why does 'you' take the form teidät here instead of teitä?
Teidät is the specific accusative form for the personal pronoun te (you, plural). Personal pronouns are unique because they use this special -t ending when they are a total object. The action of making you hopeful is seen as a completed whole, so it requires the total object form rather than the partitive teitä.
What is the dictionary form of toiveikkaiksi?
The dictionary form is toiveikas (hopeful). It is formed from the noun toive (a hope or wish) plus the suffix -kas, which creates adjectives meaning 'having a lot of' something. When endings are added, the stem changes to toiveikkaa- in the singular and toiveikkai- in the plural.
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