Breakdown of Tämä on pakastin, jossa ruoan säilytys on turvallista.
tämä
this
olla
to be
ruoka
food
turvallinen
safe
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
pakastin
the freezer
säilytys
the storage
Questions & Answers about Tämä on pakastin, jossa ruoan säilytys on turvallista.
Why is turvallista in the partitive case here instead of the nominative turvallinen?
The subject of the relative clause is säilytys (storage), which is an abstract noun representing an action. In Finnish, when the verb olla connects an abstract concept or an uncountable mass noun to an adjective, that describing adjective must be in the partitive case.
How is the noun säilytys formed?
It is derived from the verb säilyttää (to keep, preserve, store). Adding the suffix -s turns the verb into a noun that represents the action of that verb, much like "-tion" or "-ing" does in English.
Where did the "k" go in the word ruoan?
This is the genitive form of ruoka (food). Because of consonant gradation, the strong consonant k disappears when the closed syllable ending -n is added, leaving ruoan. You will also frequently see it spelled as ruuan, which is a fully accepted alternative.
If we wanted to say "in the freezer" rather than using the relative pronoun jossa, how would pakastin change?
Nouns ending in -in, like pakastin (freezer) and puhelin (telephone), undergo a stem change where the -in becomes -ime- before most case endings are added. Therefore, "in the freezer" translates to pakastimessa.
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