Breakdown of Tuo mies on foliohattu, joka uskoo järjettömiin salaliittoihin.
olla
to be
tuo
that
mies
man
uskoa
to believe
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
salaliitto
the conspiracy
foliohattu
tinfoil hat
järjetön
irrational
Questions & Answers about Tuo mies on foliohattu, joka uskoo järjettömiin salaliittoihin.
Since this lesson is about the particle muka, where would we add it to this sentence to say he supposedly believes in conspiracies?
You can place muka right after the verb to make joka uskoo muka järjettömiin salaliittoihin. This expresses skepticism about the claim that he believes in them. You could also put it after the noun to say Tuo mies on muka foliohattu (That man is supposedly a tinfoil hat). Muka generally follows the word it casts doubt upon.
Why are the words järjettömiin and salaliittoihin in the illative case (ending in -iin and -ihin)?
The verb uskoa (to believe) requires the target of the belief to be in the illative case. While in English you believe 'in' something, in Finnish grammar you believe 'into' it.
What is the stem change from the dictionary form järjetön (irrational) to the plural illative järjettömiin?
Adjectives ending in the suffix -tön (meaning 'without') have a stem ending in -ttömä-. Here, järjetön (without reason) changes to the stem järjettömä-. To form the plural illative, the final -ä drops out before the plural marker -i-, and we add the illative suffix -in.
How is the compound word salaliitto (conspiracy) constructed?
It is built from sala- (secret) and liitto (union, alliance, or league). A conspiracy in Finnish is quite literally a 'secret alliance'. The plural illative suffix -ihin is then attached to form salaliittoihin.
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