Breakdown of Pelosta ja tästä esteestä huolimatta me jatkamme eteenpäin.
tämä
this
ja
and
me
we
jatkaa
to continue (something)
eteenpäin
forward
huolimatta
despite
pelko
fear
este
obstacle
Questions & Answers about Pelosta ja tästä esteestä huolimatta me jatkamme eteenpäin.
Both pelosta and tästä esteestä are in the elative case (-sta/-stä). Do we always have to decline every word in a list before a postposition?
Yes. The postposition huolimatta (despite) requires the elative case. When you link multiple nouns with ja (and) before a postposition, every single noun in that list—and any adjectives or pronouns attached to them, like tämä becoming tästä—must be put into that required case.
The word huolimatta looks like a verb form ending in -matta. Is it?
Exactly! It is the abessive form (meaning "without doing") of the verb huolia (to care, to mind). Literally, the phrase means "without caring about the fear..." Over time, it froze into a standard postposition meaning "despite" or "regardless of". This origin is also why it forces the preceding words into the elative case, just as the verb huolia does.
We use jatkamme here. Why wouldn't we use a form of the verb jatkua?
Finnish strictly separates transitive verbs (someone does something) from intransitive verbs (something happens on its own). Jatkaa is active: we (me) are the ones deliberately continuing our movement. Jatkua is only used when a thing continues by itself, for example: Sade jatkuu (The rain continues).
What is the difference between eteen and eteenpäin?
Eteen means "to the front" or "forward" and is often used when there is a specific endpoint or target. Adding the suffix -päin emphasizes a general direction of ongoing movement rather than a destination. So eteenpäin perfectly captures the feeling of carrying "onward" or "ahead".
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