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Minä muistutan sinua syttyvästä nesteestä.

Minä muistutan sinua syttyvästä nesteestä.
I remind you about a flammable liquid.
From Lesson 323:Verbs of warning and reminding (-sta/-stä)·Finnish

Breakdown of Minä muistutan sinua syttyvästä nesteestä.

minä
I
sinä
you
muistuttaa
to remind
syttyvä
flammable
neste
liquid

Questions & Answers about Minä muistutan sinua syttyvästä nesteestä.

Why are syttyvästä and nesteestä in the elative case (-stä)?
This is due to the verb rection of muistuttaa (to remind). Similar to verbs like varoittaa (to warn) which you are currently studying, muistuttaa requires the elative case to express what you are reminding or warning someone about.
Why is the pronoun for 'you' in the partitive case (sinua)?
The verb muistuttaa requires the person being reminded to be in the partitive case. The grammatical formula to remember is muistuttaa jotakuta jostakin (to remind someone [partitive] about something [elative]).
How is the word syttyvästä formed?
It is the elative form of syttyvä, which is the present active participle (the -va or -vä form) of the verb syttyä (to catch fire or ignite). Participles often act like adjectives, so syttyvä literally means catching fire, which we translate as flammable. Because it describes nesteestä, it must agree with it and also take the elative ending.
How is muistuttaa related to the basic verb for remembering?
The base verb is muistaa (to remember). By adding the causative suffix -ttaa, it becomes muistuttaa, which literally means to make someone remember, hence to remind. Keep in mind that muistuttaa can also mean to resemble, though the object rection for that meaning is just the partitive.

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