Breakdown of Sijoittaja osti osakkeita dollareilla.
ostaa
to buy
osake
the share
sijoittaja
the investor
dollari
dollar
Questions & Answers about Sijoittaja osti osakkeita dollareilla.
How would I apply this lesson's topic to say "The investor probably bought shares with dollars"?
You would use the past tense of the modal verb taitaa (taisi) and change the main verb to its basic dictionary form (first infinitive): Sijoittaja taisi ostaa osakkeita dollareilla.
Where does the word sijoittaja come from?
It is built from the verb sijoittaa (to place / to invest). Adding the -ja suffix turns it into the person doing the action, just like adding "-er" or "-or" in English (investor).
Why is osakkeita (shares) in the partitive plural here?
Because the investor bought an unspecified, open amount of shares. If the sentence meant they bought all of the specific shares they were discussing ("the shares"), it would be the nominative plural osakkeet.
Doesn't the adessive ending -lla in dollareilla usually mean "on top of"?
It does often mean "on" a physical location, but it is also used to show what tool, method, or currency you use to do something. Here, it expresses the means of payment: "by using dollars" or "with dollars".
How can I tell that dollareilla is plural?
The letter -i- right before the -lla ending is the plural marker. Notice how the final -i of the basic word dollari changes to an -e- before the plural -i-. The singular form ("with a dollar") would just be dollarilla.
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