Breakdown of Nähtävästi tämä trendi ei koskaan katoa.
tämä
this
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
koskaan
never / ever
kadota
to disappear
trendi
trend
nähtävästi
evidently
Questions & Answers about Nähtävästi tämä trendi ei koskaan katoa.
Why is nähtävästi placed at the very beginning of the sentence?
Because it is a sentence-modifying adverb of attitude, it sets the perspective for the entire thought. Placing it at the front is the most natural way to frame the sentence as an observation, exactly like 'Evidently' or 'Apparently' in English.
What is the root of the adverb nähtävästi?
It is built from the verb nähdä (to see). It takes the passive participle nähtävä (meaning 'visible' or 'to be seen') and adds the common adverb ending -sti. So it literally translates to something like 'in a way that can be seen'.
Could koskaan be placed at the end of the sentence instead?
Yes, you could perfectly naturally say tämä trendi ei katoa koskaan. Placing koskaan right after the negative verb ei is the standard neutral word order, but moving it to the end is also correct and puts a slight extra emphasis on the word 'never'.
What happens to the verb kadota (to disappear) to make it katoa here?
Because the sentence is negative, the main verb must be in the present connegative form. For verb type 4, the basic infinitive kadota has the weak consonant d. The present tense uses the strong grade, so the d changes to a t, giving us the stem katoa-. The connegative form is identical to this strong stem.
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