Breakdown of Tiskikoneessa on puhtaita astioita, mutta inhoan sen tyhjentämistä.
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
mutta
but
puhdas
clean
astia
dish
tyhjentää
to empty
inhota
to loathe
tiskikone
dishwasher
Questions & Answers about Tiskikoneessa on puhtaita astioita, mutta inhoan sen tyhjentämistä.
Why is the word for "emptying" in the partitive form tyhjentämistä instead of just the basic tyhjentäminen?
The verb inhota (to loathe) is an emotion verb that requires its object to be in the partitive case. Because we are treating the action of emptying as a noun (using the 4th infinitive -minen form), it must take the partitive ending to satisfy the rection of inhoan, resulting in tyhjentämistä.
What does sen refer to here, and why is it in the genitive case?
Sen is the genitive form of se (it) and refers back to the dishwasher (tiskikone). When a 4th infinitive action has a target or object, that object is put into the genitive case. So instead of "emptying it", Finnish literally says "its emptying" (sen tyhjentäminen).
Why is puhtaita astioita (clean dishes) in the partitive plural?
The first clause is an existential sentence ("There are... in the..."). In these types of sentences, when you introduce an indefinite amount of plural, countable things to a location, the subject must take the partitive plural form.
Is tiskikone the standard word for dishwasher?
Tiskikone is the everyday, slightly more colloquial word. You will also often see the formal compound word astianpesukone (literally "dish washing machine"), but tiskikone is extremely common in both speech and casual writing.
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