Word
Ärsyttääkö tämä draama sinua?
Meaning
Does this drama annoy you?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Ärsyttääkö tämä draama sinua?
How does the causative suffix -ttää work in the verb ärsyttää?
It changes an internal feeling into an action that causes that feeling. It is related to the verb ärtyä (to become irritated). By applying the causative suffix -ttää, the verb becomes ärsyttää (to cause irritation, or to annoy).
Why is the object sinua in the partitive case here?
Emotion verbs like ärsyttää, rakastaa (to love), and pelottaa (to frighten) almost always require their object to be in the partitive case. This is because feelings are ongoing experiences that do not have a clear, finite endpoint.
Why does ärsyttääkö have to be at the start of the sentence?
In Finnish, the word that carries the question particle (in this case, -kö) must always be placed at the very beginning of the sentence. Because we are asking specifically about the action of annoying, ärsyttää gets the particle and goes first.
Can a person be the subject of ärsyttää, or just a thing like draama?
A person can definitely be the subject! It is a normal verb where the subject is whatever causes the feeling. In this sentence, tämä draama (this drama) is the subject, but you could also say Minä ärsytän sinua (I am annoying you).