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Questions & Answers about Verotus kiristynee nopeasti.
How is the potential mood formed in kiristynee?
The base verb is kiristyä (to tighten), which is a type 1 verb. For type 1 verbs, you form the potential mood by taking the strong vowel stem (kiristy-) and adding the potential marker -ne-, followed by the personal ending. Since the subject verotus is third-person singular, the ending is a lengthened vowel (-e), resulting in kiristynee.
Could I just say Verotus luultavasti kiristyy instead of using kiristynee?
Yes! In everyday spoken and standard written Finnish, it is much more common to use an adverb like luultavasti (probably) or ehkä (maybe) with the normal present tense (kiristyy). The potential mood (kiristynee) is highly formal and is mostly found in news broadcasts, official economic forecasts, and literature.
Why does this sentence use kiristyä instead of kiristää?
Kiristyä is an intransitive verb, meaning the action happens on its own without a direct object (the taxation gets tighter). Kiristää is the transitive equivalent, which means someone is actively tightening something. If you used the transitive verb, the sentence would need a subject performing the action: Hallitus kiristänee verotusta (The government will probably tighten taxation).
How is the word verotus constructed?