Breakdown of Taloyhtiö kauniine pihoineen on turvallinen lapsille.
olla
to be
kaunis
beautiful
piha
yard
lapsi
child
turvallinen
safe
taloyhtiö
housing company
Questions & Answers about Taloyhtiö kauniine pihoineen on turvallinen lapsille.
Why does kauniine only end in -ne while pihoineen ends in -neen?
This is the main rule of the comitative case. Adjectives acting as modifiers take the comitative ending -ne but never take a possessive suffix. The noun they modify, however, must take both the -ne ending and a possessive suffix. That is why we have kauniine (adjective) but pihoineen (noun + 3rd person suffix -en).
How do we get the stem kaunii- for the adjective kaunis?
The comitative case is always built on the plural stem of a word. For words ending in -is like kaunis (beautiful), the plural stem changes to -ii-, giving us kaunii-. We then simply attach the -ne ending to get kauniine.
Could I use -nsa instead of -en at the end of pihoineen?
Yes, you could write pihoinensa and it is grammatically correct. The 3rd person possessive suffix can be either -nsa/-nsä or a lengthening of the preceding vowel plus -n (which becomes -en after the -ne ending). However, with the comitative case, the -en version is much more widely used because it flows better.
Why does the adjective turvallinen trigger the allative case in lapsille?
In Finnish, when you want to express that something is safe, dangerous, good, or suitable "for" someone, you generally use the allative case (-lle). You are structurally saying the yard is "safe to the children."
Is taloyhtiö just a direct translation of "housing company"?
Yes, but it refers to a very specific and common Finnish concept. A taloyhtiö is a housing cooperative. In Finland, owning an apartment usually means owning shares in the taloyhtiö, which in turn owns the actual building and is responsible for managing shared spaces like the piha (yard).
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