Tästä vastoinkäymisestä huolimatta hän ei anna periksi.
Despite this adversity, she does not give up.
Breakdown of Tästä vastoinkäymisestä huolimatta hän ei anna periksi.
tämä
this
hän
he / she
ei
no / not (negative verb)
huolimatta
despite
antaa periksi
to give up (to yield, give in)
vastoinkäyminen
setback
Questions & Answers about Tästä vastoinkäymisestä huolimatta hän ei anna periksi.
Why are both tästä and vastoinkäymisestä in the elative case?
They are required by the word huolimatta (despite). This word acts as a postposition that forces the noun phrase preceding it into the elative case (-sta/-stä). Since tämä (this) modifies vastoinkäyminen (adversity), both words must take the same case ending.
Can huolimatta be placed before the words it modifies?
Yes, huolimatta is flexible. It can act as a preposition, meaning you could also say huolimatta tästä vastoinkäymisestä. Both word orders are perfectly correct and mean the exact same thing, though using it as a postposition after the noun is slightly more common in Finnish.
How is the word vastoinkäyminen formed?
It is a compound word made of vastoin (against or contrary to) and käyminen (the noun form of the verb käydä, meaning to go). Literally, it translates to a going against. In the sentence, it takes the elative ending -stä to become vastoinkäymisestä.
Why does antaa periksi mean to give up?
The verb antaa means to give, and periksi is the translative case of perä (back or rear). Literally, it means something like to give backward. Together, antaa periksi is a very common fixed idiom that simply means to give up or to yield.
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