Breakdown of Hän sai magneetin irrotettua seinästä.
hän
he / she
seinä
wall
saada
to get
magneetti
magnet
irrottaa
to detach
Questions & Answers about Hän sai magneetin irrotettua seinästä.
Why is irrotettua in the partitive case here instead of the basic form?
This is the core of the resultative achievement structure you are learning. When you use saada to mean managing to get something done, the action that was completed (the passive past participle) must be in the partitive case. So, irrotettu becomes irrotettua.
Why is the object magneetin in the genitive case?
The object in this saada construction follows normal object rules. Because the action of detaching it was successfully completed, it takes the total object form. For singular nouns like magneetti, this means using the genitive ending -n.
Where does the word irrotettua come from?
It is built from the transitive verb irrottaa (to detach or remove something). You first form the passive past participle irrotettu (detached), and then add the partitive ending -a to fit the saada structure.
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