Breakdown of Tämä huone ei ole esteetön, mutta pystynköhän menemään kynnyksen yli?
tämä
this
olla
to be
mutta
but
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
huone
room
mennä
to go
yli
past / over / across
pystyä
to be able to, to manage
esteetön
accessible
kynnys
threshold
Questions & Answers about Tämä huone ei ole esteetön, mutta pystynköhän menemään kynnyksen yli?
Why is the verb mennä (to go) in the form menemään here?
The verb pystyä (to be able to) requires the action you are capable of doing to be in the third infinitive illative form. This form always ends in -maan or -mään. Therefore, the basic infinitive mennä becomes menemään when paired with pystyä.
What do the suffixes -kö and -hän add to the word pystynköhän?
Pystyn simply means "I am able to". Adding the question particle -kö turns it into the question "Am I able to?". The added particle -hän softens the tone and often translates to "I wonder". Combined as -köhän, it creates the hesitant or pondering phrase "I wonder if I am able to?".
How does the word esteetön translate to "accessible"?
It is built from the noun este, which means "obstacle" or "barrier". The suffix -tön means "without" (similar to the English suffix "-less"). So, esteetön literally means "barrier-free" or "obstacle-free", which is the standard Finnish term for describing accessible spaces.
Why is the word for threshold (kynnys) written in the genitive case as kynnyksen?
It is in the genitive case because it is followed by the postposition yli (over). In Finnish, most postpositions require the noun they relate to to be in the genitive case, so kynnys changes to kynnyksen (kynnyksen yli = over the threshold).
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