Word
Johtaja allekirjoitti sitoumuksen ja pelasti meidät.
Meaning
The manager signed the commitment and saved us.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Johtaja allekirjoitti sitoumuksen ja pelasti meidät.
ja
and
me
we
johtaja
the director
allekirjoittaa
to sign
Questions & Answers about Johtaja allekirjoitti sitoumuksen ja pelasti meidät.
How does the suffix -mus work in the word sitoumus?
It derives a noun from the verb sitoutua (to commit oneself). The -mus suffix is often added to a verb stem to create an abstract concept or the result of that action. Here, the act of committing becomes the noun sitoumus (a commitment).
What is the basic form of sitoumuksen, and how does its stem change?
The basic (nominative) form is sitoumus. Nouns ending in -mus or -mys change their ending to -mukse- or -mykse- when you add case endings. Here, the genitive -n is added because the commitment is the total object of the completed action, making it sitoumuksen.
Where does the verb allekirjoittaa come from?
It is a compound of alle (to under/underneath) and kirjoittaa (to write). Similar to how signing a document means putting your name at the bottom, Finnish expresses this literally as "to write under."
Total objects usually take the genitive -n ending, like sitoumuksen. Why does meidät end in -t?