Breakdown of Hän ei siedä tiskikoneen tyhjentämistä.
hän
he / she
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tyhjentää
to empty
sietää
to tolerate
Questions & Answers about Hän ei siedä tiskikoneen tyhjentämistä.
Why is the verb for 'emptying' in the -mistä form (tyhjentämistä) instead of the basic infinitive (tyhjentää)?
Emotion and attitude verbs like sietää (to tolerate) require their object to be in the partitive case. When the 'object' you are tolerating is an action, you must turn the verb into a noun using the 4th infinitive (-minen) and then put it into the partitive case (-mistä).
Why is the dishwasher (tiskikone) in the genitive case (tiskikoneen)?
When an action is expressed as a 4th infinitive verbal noun (like tyhjentäminen), the object of that action takes the genitive case. You can think of it as literally translating to 'the dishwasher's emptying' or 'the emptying of the dishwasher'.
What is the base verb for ei siedä, and does it always trigger the partitive?
The base verb is sietää (to tolerate, to withstand). Because expressing what you can or cannot stand describes an emotional attitude or reaction, it always governs the partitive case. This applies whether the object is a regular noun or a 4th infinitive action. Also notice the consonant gradation: the strong t weakens to d in the negative form ei siedä.
How is the verb tyhjentää related to the word for 'empty'?