Breakdown of Me hyödymme siitä, että aito tuote erottuu väärennöksestä.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
me
we
että
that (conjunction)
tuote
the product
Questions & Answers about Me hyödymme siitä, että aito tuote erottuu väärennöksestä.
Why is väärennöksestä in the elative case (ending in -stä)?
The verb erottua (to stand out, to be distinguishable) requires the elative case for the thing being separated from. This is a strict verb rection rule in Finnish, just like with its root verb erottaa.
What is the difference between erottua and erottaa?
Erottua is an intransitive verb meaning 'to stand out' or 'to separate itself', which is why the product does the action here. Erottaa is the transitive version meaning 'to separate' or 'to distinguish' something else. If you wanted to say 'we distinguish the product from the forgery', you would use erotamme and put the product in the accusative case.
Why do we need the word siitä before että?
The verb hyötyä (to benefit) also requires the elative case. Because you cannot attach a case ending directly to an että (that) clause, Finnish uses the pronoun se in the elative case (siitä) as a bridge. It literally translates to 'we benefit from it, that...'.
How is the word väärennös (forgery) formed?
It comes from the verb väärentää (to forge or falsify), which is based on the adjective väärä (wrong or false). The -ös suffix is commonly used to turn a verb into a noun that represents the result of the action.