Word
Kuka opettaa sinulle logiikkaa?
Meaning
Who teaches you logic?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Kuka opettaa sinulle logiikkaa?
Why is the pronoun sinä in the allative case (sinulle)?
The verb opettaa (to teach) requires the person receiving the instruction to be in the allative case (the -lle ending). You can think of it as directing the teaching to someone.
Why is logiikkaa in the partitive case here?
Academic subjects, languages, and abstract concepts are treated as uncountable in Finnish. When they act as the object of an ongoing action like teaching (opettaa) or studying (opiskella), they must take the partitive case.
How does this sentence's verb relate to similar-looking words like oppia and opiskella?
They all come from the same root but describe different roles. Opettaa means to teach (what the teacher does). Oppia means to learn or acquire a skill (the result), and opiskella means to study (the active process of trying to learn).
How would I use this sentence's vocabulary in the evaluative structure we are learning right now (e.g., "It is easy to teach you logic")?
You would use the structure olla + adjective + 1st infinitive. For example: On helppo opettaa sinulle logiikkaa (It is easy to teach you logic). Notice that sinulle and logiikkaa keep the exact same cases they have in our original sentence!