Breakdown of Huomauttaisin hänelle tästä varotoimesta, koska altistuminen on vaarallista.
tämä
this
olla
to be
hän
he / she
koska
because
vaarallinen
dangerous
huomauttaa
point out
varotoimi
precaution
altistuminen
exposure
Questions & Answers about Huomauttaisin hänelle tästä varotoimesta, koska altistuminen on vaarallista.
Why is tästä varotoimesta in the elative case (-sta) here?
The verb huomauttaa (to point out or remark) dictates the case of its objects. Just like verbs of warning such as varoittaa, it requires the subject matter being pointed out to take the elative case (-sta/-stä). Therefore, you point out from this precaution (tästä varotoimesta).
How does the noun varotoimi decline to become varotoimesta?
The word is a compound of varo- (caution) and toimi (action). The noun toimi belongs to a class of older Finnish words ending in -i that change this -i to an -e- when adding case endings. Therefore, the stem becomes varotoime-, and adding the elative ending -sta gives us varotoimesta.
Why is the adjective vaarallista in the partitive case rather than the nominative?
The subject of the clause, altistuminen (exposure), is an abstract concept. In Finnish, when the subject of an 'is' sentence (predicative structure) is an abstract or uncountable noun, the adjective describing it must take the partitive case. That is why we use vaarallista instead of the nominative vaarallinen.
What is the structure of the verb huomauttaisin?
It is the conditional form of huomauttaa. The marker -isi- indicates the conditional mood (meaning 'would'), and the -n is the first-person singular ending ('I'). Altogether, it means 'I would point out'.
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