Breakdown of Tasa-arvo tarkoittaa, että kaikki kykenevät osallistumaan.
että
that (conjunction)
kaikki
all, everything, everyone
osallistua
to participate
tarkoittaa
to mean, to intend
kyetä
to be able to
tasa-arvo
equality
Questions & Answers about Tasa-arvo tarkoittaa, että kaikki kykenevät osallistumaan.
Why does this sentence use osallistumaan instead of the basic dictionary form osallistua?
The verb kyetä (to be capable) forces the following action verb into the 3rd infinitive illative form. This means you must add -maan or -mään to the strong stem of the second verb, unlike verbs such as voida which take the basic infinitive.
Why is the verb pluralized as kykenevät when the English translation uses the singular phrase 'everyone is'?
In English, 'everyone' is a singular pronoun. However, in Finnish, when kaikki refers to people (meaning all or everyone), it is grammatically plural. Therefore, the verb must take the plural ending -vät.
How does the verb kyetä change to become kykenevät?
Kyetä is a type 4 verb. To find the stem for these verbs, you drop the -ta or -tä ending and add -ne-. This gives the stem kykene-, to which you add the third-person plural marker -vät.
What are the parts that make up the word tasa-arvo?
It is a compound word made of tasa (even, flat, or steady) and arvo (value or worth). Together, they literally mean even-value, which is how Finnish expresses the concept of equality.
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