Questions & Answers about Vaivaako sinua puheenvuoro?
Why is sinua in the partitive case instead of the nominative?
The verb vaivata (to bother or trouble) belongs to a group of emotion and sensation verbs. With these verbs, the person experiencing the feeling is the object and must be in the partitive case.
If the lesson is about subjectless sentences, why is puheenvuoro in the nominative case?
Good catch! While many emotion sentences are entirely subjectless (like Minua paleltaa meaning I am cold), the verb vaivata actually takes a normal subject that causes the bothering. Here, puheenvuoro is the grammatical subject causing trouble for you, so it takes the basic nominative case.
Could I say Vaivaako puheenvuoro sinua instead?
Yes, both are grammatically correct. However, in Finnish sentences involving feelings or sensations, it is extremely common and natural to place the human experiencer (sinua) earlier in the sentence than the inanimate subject causing the feeling.
How is the word puheenvuoro formed?
It is a compound word made of puheen (the genitive form of puhe, meaning speech) and vuoro (meaning turn). In meetings or debates, it literally translates to a turn to speak, or having the floor.
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