Breakdown of Nautimme kutomisesta ja äänikirjojen kuuntelemisesta.
ja
and
kuunnella
to listen to
nauttia
to enjoy
kutoa
to knit (also to weave)
äänikirja
audiobook
Questions & Answers about Nautimme kutomisesta ja äänikirjojen kuuntelemisesta.
Why do both knitting and listening end in -misesta here?
The verb nauttia (to enjoy) requires the thing you enjoy to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). Because you are enjoying an action, you must first turn the verbs into nouns using the -minen form (often called the fourth infinitive), which then becomes -misesta in the elative.
Is it possible to use the basic infinitive and just say Nautimme kutoa?
No, and this is a very common trap for English speakers! Verbs expressing likes, dislikes, or enjoyment, such as nauttia and pitää, cannot be followed directly by a basic infinitive verb. They strictly require the -minen noun form so that the necessary case ending can be attached.
Why is the word for audiobooks (äänikirja) in the plural genitive form (äänikirjojen)?
When a verbal noun (like kuunteleminen, listening) takes a direct object, that object must go into the genitive case rather than the partitive or accusative. You can translate the logic literally as "the listening of audiobooks".
How do we get from the dictionary form of "to listen" to kuuntelemisesta?
The dictionary verb is kuunnella. To form the -minen noun, you take the strong vowel stem, which changes the "nn" to "nt", giving us kuuntele-. Adding -minen makes it kuunteleminen, and attaching the elative case ending morphs the tail into -misesta.
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