Word
Vihaan imuroimista, vaikka rakastan sienestämistä.
Meaning
I hate vacuuming, even though I love picking mushrooms.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Vihaan imuroimista, vaikka rakastan sienestämistä.
rakastaa
to love
vaikka
although / even though
vihata
to hate
imuroida
to vacuum
Questions & Answers about Vihaan imuroimista, vaikka rakastan sienestämistä.
Why do both actions end in -mista/-mistä instead of just being basic verbs?
Emotion verbs like vihata (to hate) and rakastaa (to love) require their object to be in the partitive case. When the object of these verbs is an action, you cannot use the basic verb form. Instead, you turn the verb into a noun using the -minen ending (4th infinitive), and then put that noun into the partitive case: -mista or -mistä.
Could I just say Vihaan imuroida and rakastan sienestää?
In casual spoken Finnish, you will sometimes hear people use the basic verb form (1st infinitive) with these verbs. However, grammatically, verbs like rakastaa and vihata strongly prefer the -mista/-mistä form when talking about activities. Using the 4th infinitive partitive sounds much more natural and is the standard way to express this.
How is the word sienestämistä built?
It is a great example of Finnish word derivation! It starts with the noun sieni (mushroom). Adding the verb suffix -stää creates the verb sienestää (to pick mushrooms). To use it as the object of rakastaa, it gets turned into the activity noun sienestäminen, and finally takes the partitive ending to become sienestämistä.
Why does imuroimista end in -a but sienestämistä ends in -ä?