Breakdown of Kurinalaisuus on tärkeää, koska opiskelu on niin vaativaa.
olla
to be
koska
because
tärkeä
important
niin
so
vaativa
demanding
opiskelu
studying
kurinalaisuus
discipline
Questions & Answers about Kurinalaisuus on tärkeää, koska opiskelu on niin vaativaa.
Why are tärkeää and vaativaa in the partitive case here, instead of the nominative tärkeä and vaativa?
When the subject of a sentence is an abstract, uncountable concept like kurinalaisuus (discipline) or an activity like opiskelu (studying), the describing adjective takes the partitive case. If you described a specific countable noun, you would use the nominative, for example: Tämä kirja on tärkeä (This book is important).
How is the long word kurinalaisuus formed?
It is built from several parts. It starts with the noun kuri (discipline or order). Adding ala (under) and the adjective suffix -inen creates kurinalainen (disciplined, literally being under discipline). Finally, the suffix -uus turns the adjective into the abstract noun kurinalaisuus (the state of being disciplined).
Could I use the infinitive opiskella instead of the noun opiskelu here?
You could say opiskella on vaativaa (to study is demanding), but using the noun form opiskelu (studying) sounds much more natural in Finnish when discussing the general process or concept. The suffix -u or -y turns a verb stem into an action noun.
How would the word opiskelu change if we used one of the verbs from this lesson, like keskittyä (to focus)?
In this sentence, opiskelu is the basic subject so it is in the nominative case. However, if you used a verb of committing or reacting like keskittyä, which requires the illative case, you would need to change it to opiskeluun. For example: Keskityn opiskeluun (I focus on studying).
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