Breakdown of Asiakas oli täysin kiittämätön myyjälle.
olla
to be
asiakas
the customer
myyjä
the salesperson
täysin
completely
kiittämätön
ungrateful
Questions & Answers about Asiakas oli täysin kiittämätön myyjälle.
Why is myyjä in the allative case (myyjälle) instead of another case?
It is driven by the adjective kiittämätön (ungrateful). In Finnish, adjectives that describe an attitude or behavior directed at someone—such as being friendly, mean, or ungrateful—typically require the target person to be in the allative case (-lle).
The verb kiittää (to thank) normally takes the partitive case. Why doesn't the target take the partitive here?
How exactly is the adjective kiittämätön formed?
It is formed from the verb kiittää (to thank) plus the negative suffix -mätön / -maton. This suffix creates an adjective meaning that someone or something doesn't do the action. Literally, it means "un-thanking".
Could I use kokonaan instead of täysin to say "completely" here?
Not really in this context. Kokonaan usually implies physical completeness (like eating a cake completely). For abstract qualities and adjectives like "ungrateful", you should use täysin or the more colloquial ihan to mean "completely" or "entirely".
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