Word
Jos haluat anoa lupaa, sinun täytyy sitoutua sääntöihin.
Meaning
If you want to petition for a permit, you must commit to the rules.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Jos haluat anoa lupaa, sinun täytyy sitoutua sääntöihin.
sinä
you
haluta
to want
täytyä
to have to
sääntö
rule
Questions & Answers about Jos haluat anoa lupaa, sinun täytyy sitoutua sääntöihin.
The current lesson is about the -mus suffix. How would you form the nouns for petition and commitment from the verbs in this sentence?
You can add -mus to the stem of the verbs. From anoa (to petition), we get the noun anomus (a petition). For sitoutua (to commit), you use the stem sitoutu- and add the suffix to form sitoumus (a commitment).
Why is the word lupa in the partitive case (lupaa)?
The verb anoa (to petition or apply for) is a partitive verb. In Finnish, asking for or applying for something usually triggers the partitive case for the object, similar to verbs like pyytää (to request) or etsiä (to look for).
Why does sitoutua require the illative case for sääntöihin?
In Finnish, verbs that describe attaching, joining, or committing to something generally require the illative (into) case. You are conceptually tying yourself into the rules, which is why the plural illative sääntöihin is used rather than a translation of the English word to.
As a quick refresher, why do we use the genitive sinun before täytyy instead of the nominative sinä?