Breakdown of Opit paljon yrittämällä epäonnistumisista huolimatta.
paljon
a lot
oppia
to learn
yrittää
to try
huolimatta
despite
Questions & Answers about Opit paljon yrittämällä epäonnistumisista huolimatta.
Why is epäonnistumisista in the elative case here?
The word huolimatta means 'despite' and it dictates the case of the word attached to it. It requires the attached noun to be in the elative case, which ends in -sta or -stä. Since we are talking about plural failures, the base word epäonnistuminen becomes epäonnistumisista.
Can huolimatta be placed before the noun instead of after it?
Yes, huolimatta is one of the few adpositions in Finnish that can act as either a postposition or a preposition. You could perfectly well say huolimatta epäonnistumisista. Regardless of its position, it always forces the noun into the elative case.
What verb form is yrittämällä and what does it do?
This is the third infinitive in the adessive case, identifiable by the -mällä or -malla ending. In Finnish, using a verb in this specific form expresses the method or means by which an action is achieved. It translates directly to the English structure 'by doing', so yrittää (to try) becomes yrittämällä (by trying).
How does the spelling change from the base word to epäonnistumisista?