Breakdown of Vaikka pidän lenkkeilemisestä, en pidä joogaamisesta.
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
pitää
to like
vaikka
although / even though
lenkkeillä
to jog
joogata
to do yoga
Questions & Answers about Vaikka pidän lenkkeilemisestä, en pidä joogaamisesta.
Why do we use the -misestä form for jogging and yoga?
The verb pitää (to like) requires its object to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). To express liking an activity, you first turn the verb into a verbal noun using the fourth infinitive (-minen). Then, you put that noun into the elative case. For example, lenkkeillä (to jog) becomes lenkkeileminen, which then becomes lenkkeilemisestä.
The lesson mentions the -mista / -mistä endings for the fourth infinitive. Why do we see -misestä here?
It depends on the main verb's specific rection. Verbs like rakastaa (to love) or harrastaa (to do as a hobby) require the partitive case, which gives you the -mista / -mistä ending (e.g., Rakastan lenkkeilemistä). However, pitää strictly requires the elative case. The elative form of a -minen noun ends in -misestä or -misesta. (Note: The verb nauttia also takes this same elative form!).
How exactly is joogaamisesta formed from the base verb joogata (to do yoga)?
Joogata is a type 4 verb. To create the -minen noun, you use the strong vowel stem. You find this by dropping the infinitive marker -ta and adding a matching vowel to make it long. So, joogata gives the stem joogaa-. Add -minen to get joogaaminen, and finally apply the elative case ending to get joogaamisesta.
Why is there a comma right before en pidä?
Unlike English, where comma rules can sometimes be flexible based on pause or rhythm, Finnish strictly requires a comma between a subordinate clause and a main clause. Because the sentence starts with the subordinate conjunction vaikka (although), you must place a comma at the boundary before the main clause begins.
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