Breakdown of Älkää lukeko opetussuunnitelmaa, jos arviointi ei ole vielä valmis.
olla
to be
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
vielä
yet / still
valmis
ready
Questions & Answers about Älkää lukeko opetussuunnitelmaa, jos arviointi ei ole vielä valmis.
Why is the verb form lukeko used here instead of lukekaa or lue?
This is the negative imperative plural, used when telling multiple people not to do something. You pair the plural negative command word älkää with the connegative form of the imperative. To find this form, you take the affirmative plural imperative (lukekaa) and replace the -aa or -ää ending with -ko or -kö.
Why is the object opetussuunnitelmaa in the partitive case?
In Finnish, the object of a negative sentence must always be in the partitive case. Because the command is negative (älkää lukeko, "do not read"), the object opetussuunnitelma (curriculum) takes the partitive ending -a.
How is the compound word opetussuunnitelmaa broken down?
It is made up of opetus (teaching, education) and suunnitelma (plan). Literally meaning "teaching plan," it is the standard Finnish word for a curriculum or syllabus.
What verb does the noun arviointi come from?
It is derived from the verb arvioida (to evaluate, to assess). Adding the -nti suffix is a common way to turn a verb into a noun that represents the action itself, giving us arviointi (assessment or evaluation).