Word
Kustannukset nousevat, joten asemakaavaa ei muutettane.
Meaning
The costs are rising, so the city plan is unlikely to be changed.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Kustannukset nousevat, joten asemakaavaa ei muutettane.
ei
no / not (negative verb)
nousta
to get up / to rise, to go up
muuttaa
to change (something)
joten
so, therefore
Questions & Answers about Kustannukset nousevat, joten asemakaavaa ei muutettane.
How exactly is the negative potential passive ei muutettane formed from the verb muuttaa?
First, find the standard present passive form of the verb, which is muutetaan (it is changed). Next, drop the final -an or -än to get the passive stem muuteta-. Finally, add the potential passive marker -ne to get muutettane, and pair it with the negative verb ei. This structure means that something 'probably won't be' or 'is unlikely to be' done.
Why is asemakaavaa in the partitive case here?
It is the object of the negative verb phrase ei muutettane. In Finnish, the object of a negative sentence must always take the partitive case. This fundamental rule overrides everything else, even when the verb is in the passive voice and the potential mood.
Is ei muutettane something I will hear in everyday spoken Finnish?
Probably not. The potential mood is primarily a feature of formal written Finnish, such as news articles or official documents like a city zoning plan. In everyday speech, a Finn would express this same meaning using an adverb like ehkä (maybe) or varmaan (probably) with the standard negative passive: asemakaavaa ei varmaan muuteta.
As a quick refresher, why isn't the plural of kustannus (cost) just 'kustannust'?