Word
Uutta raitiotietä ei suunniteltane ilman rahoitusta.
Meaning
The new tramway probably won't be planned without funding.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Uutta raitiotietä ei suunniteltane ilman rahoitusta.
uusi
new
ei
no / not (negative verb)
suunnitella
to plan
ilman
without
Questions & Answers about Uutta raitiotietä ei suunniteltane ilman rahoitusta.
How do we form the negative passive potential ei suunniteltane from the verb suunnitella?
Suunnitella is a verb type 3. To form the negative passive potential, we use the passive stem. You can find this by taking the passive past participle suunniteltu and dropping the final vowel to get suunnitelt-. Then, add the passive potential marker -ane. This gives the negative form suunniteltane, which is used with the negative verb ei.
What would the verb look like in the affirmative?
The affirmative passive potential would be suunniteltaneen (it will probably be planned). To form the negative, we drop the personal ending -en from the affirmative form to get the negative stem suunniteltane, and place ei in front of it.
Why is the tramway, uutta raitiotietä, in the partitive case here?
In a Finnish passive sentence, the object (the thing being acted upon) usually takes the nominative case if the sentence is affirmative. However, because this is a negative sentence, the object must follow the negative object rule and take the partitive case. Therefore, uusi raitiotie becomes uutta raitiotietä.
Why does rahoitus become rahoitusta in this sentence?
It is in the partitive case because it follows the preposition ilman (without). The word ilman always dictates that the noun following it must be in the partitive case.