Breakdown of Toivottavasti osakkeen arvo kasvaa.
kasvaa
to grow
osake
the share
arvo
the value
toivottavasti
hopefully
Questions & Answers about Toivottavasti osakkeen arvo kasvaa.
This sentence uses toivottavasti to express hope, but how could I say 'The value of the share is probably growing' using the verbs from this lesson?
You could replace the adverb with the epistemic modal verb taitaa (to probably do) paired with the first infinitive of the main verb. You would say Osakkeen arvo taitaa kasvaa. This changes the meaning from a hopeful wish to a statement of probability.
Why is the genitive of osake spelled with two 'k's as osakkeen?
Words ending in -e undergo inverse consonant gradation. The dictionary form osake is in the weak grade with a single k. When we form the stem by adding an extra e, it flips to the strong grade, doubling the k to become osakkee-. Then we just add the genitive -n.
How is the adverb toivottavasti formed?
It comes from the verb toivoa (to hope). It is built using the passive present participle toivottava (hoped for, or desirable) and adding the common adverb ending -sti. So it literally translates to 'in a hoped-for way'.
Could I move toivottavasti to the end of the sentence?
While Finnish word order is quite flexible, adverbs that express a speaker's attitude about the entire sentence almost always belong at the very beginning. Moving toivottavasti to the end wouldn't be strictly ungrammatical, but it would sound quite unnatural to a native speaker.
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