Breakdown of Lykättäneenkö hanke vastustuksen takia?
takia
because of
lykätä
to postpone
hanke
project (venture, initiative)
vastustus
opposition
Questions & Answers about Lykättäneenkö hanke vastustuksen takia?
How exactly is the passive potential form lykättäneen built from the base verb?
The base verb is lykätä (to postpone, verb type 4). The passive potential is built by taking the passive stem lykät- and adding the passive potential marker -täneen. The -ne- part is the potential mood marker (meaning 'probably'), and the final -en is the passive ending. Finally, the question clitic -kö is attached.
Why is the object hanke in the nominative case here?
In standard Finnish, the object of a passive verb takes the nominative case when it is a whole, countable entity. Because the passive verb lykättäneenkö acts as the 'doer' here, the normal rule of putting whole objects into the genitive (like hankkeen) is dropped. If the action were ongoing or incomplete, the object would take the partitive (hanketta).
Could the question clitic -kö be attached to hanke instead of the verb?
Yes, but it would completely change the focus of the question. Attaching -kö to the verb asks whether the postponing will happen. If you said Hankeko lykättäneen...?, you would specifically be asking 'Is it the PROJECT that will probably be postponed (as opposed to something else)?'.
Why is vastustuksen in the genitive case?
It is dictated by the word takia (because of / due to), which is a postposition. Most Finnish postpositions require the noun immediately preceding them to be in the genitive case. The base noun is vastustus (opposition), which becomes vastustuksen in the genitive.
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