Breakdown of Rouva neuvonantaja puhuu tulkin kanssa.
puhua
to speak
kanssa
with
tulkki
interpreter
neuvonantaja
advisor
rouva
Mrs, madam
Questions & Answers about Rouva neuvonantaja puhuu tulkin kanssa.
Since this lesson is about the comitative case, why does this sentence use "tulkin kanssa" instead of a comitative ending?
The comitative case is quite formal and mostly used for inanimate objects that naturally belong together, or in written language. For people doing things together, like speaking with an interpreter, everyday Finnish almost always prefers the postposition kanssa.
Why is the word for interpreter, "tulkki", written here as "tulkin"?
The word kanssa is a postposition, functioning like an English preposition but coming after the noun. Most Finnish postpositions require the noun before them to be in the genitive case, which is why tulkki takes the -n ending.
What happens to the consonants when "tulkki" changes to "tulkin"?
Adding the genitive -n ending closes the final syllable. This triggers consonant gradation, causing the strong double consonant kk in tulkki to weaken into a single k in tulkin.
How is the word "neuvonantaja" formed?
It is a compound word. It combines neuvo (advice) in the genitive form neuvon, and antaja (giver). So, an adviser is literally a "giver of advice".
Why is "neuvonantaja" not capitalized like "Adviser" is in the English translation?
In Finnish, titles and professions are not capitalized, even when used directly as a form of address or alongside a name, unless they happen to be the very first word of the sentence.
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