Breakdown of Asiakas aikoo sitoutua, joten hän lukee sitoumuksen tarkasti.
hän
he / she
lukea
to read
asiakas
the customer
tarkasti
carefully (closely, attentively)
Questions & Answers about Asiakas aikoo sitoutua, joten hän lukee sitoumuksen tarkasti.
How does the noun sitoumus relate to the verb sitoutua in this sentence?
Sitoumus (commitment) is formed by taking the stem of the verb sitoutua (to commit) and adding the suffix -mus. This suffix turns verbs into nouns that represent the result of an action or an abstract concept. Here, the act of committing results in a formal commitment.
Why is the object written as sitoumuksen rather than sitoumus?
Because the customer is reading the entire commitment, the object of the verb lukee must be in the total object case (accusative), which takes the same -n ending as the genitive case. Words ending in -us or -ys change their stem to -ukse- or -ykse- before case endings are added, making sitoumus become sitoumuksen.
The verb sitoutua looks like it is derived from another word. What is its base form?
The base verb is sitoa, which means to bind or tie. The suffix -utua turns it into a reflexive verb, meaning the action happens to the subject itself. Instead of binding something else, sitoutua literally means to bind oneself, which is how it gets the meaning to commit.
How is the adverb tarkasti (carefully) formed?