Breakdown of Haluan hankkia rivitalon.
haluta
to want
rivitalo
terraced house
hankkia
to acquire, to get hold of
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Questions & Answers about Haluan hankkia rivitalon.
The current lesson is about verbs taking "from" cases. If I added "in Helsinki" to this sentence, how would the verb hankkia affect it?
Just like ostaa (to buy) and löytää (to find), the verb hankkia (to acquire or get) demands a "from" case for locations. Instead of saying "in Helsinki" with the inessive case, you must say "from Helsinki" using the elative case: Haluan hankkia rivitalon Helsingistä.
Why is the object rivitalon in the genitive-like accusative case ending in -n instead of the partitive?
It is a total object. You are talking about acquiring one whole house, so it takes the -n ending to show a complete action. Because the main verb haluan is a standard personal verb (not a necessity structure like minun täytyy), the object keeps this -n ending.
What words make up the compound noun rivitalo?
It combines rivi (row or line) and talo (house). In English this type of home is usually called a terraced house, a row house, or a townhouse.
Why doesn't the verb hankkia have any conjugated endings?
It is in its basic dictionary form (the first infinitive) because it directly follows haluan (I want). The verb haluta requires the following verb to be in the basic infinitive to express wanting to do an action.