Breakdown of Haluan lohduttaa sinua ja tehdä sinut taas toiveikkaaksi.
sinä
you
ja
and
tehdä
to do
haluta
to want
taas
again
lohduttaa
to comfort
toiveikas
hopeful
Questions & Answers about Haluan lohduttaa sinua ja tehdä sinut taas toiveikkaaksi.
Why is the word for "hopeful" in the translative case (toiveikkaaksi)?
This is the factive object complement you are currently learning! When you use the verb tehdä (to make/do) to express making someone into a certain state, the resulting state must be in the translative case (-ksi). So, "make you hopeful" is tehdä sinut toiveikkaaksi.
Why does the sentence use two different forms for "you" (sinua and sinut)?
The case of the object depends on the verb acting on it. Lohduttaa (to comfort) is a partitive verb, meaning its object must be in the partitive case (sinua). On the other hand, the action of tehdä (to make) is seen as a complete action here, so it takes a total object. For personal pronouns like "minä" or "sinä", the total object takes the special accusative -t ending, making it sinut.
What is the base form of toiveikkaaksi, and why does it look so different?
The base adjective is toiveikas (hopeful). In Finnish, words ending in -kas or -käs change their stem to -kkaa- or -kkää- before you add most case endings. When we attach the translative ending -ksi, toiveikas becomes toiveikkaaksi.
Why are both lohduttaa and tehdä in their basic dictionary forms?
They are both linked to the main verb haluan (I want) by the conjunction ja (and). The verb haluta requires the action verbs that follow it to be in the basic first infinitive form. You can think of the sentence as sharing the main verb: "Haluan lohduttaa... ja [haluan] tehdä..."
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