Breakdown of Tieto on luettavissa digitaalisessa arkistossa.
olla
to be
lukea
to read
tieto
information, knowledge
digitaalinen
digital
Questions & Answers about Tieto on luettavissa digitaalisessa arkistossa.
How is luettavissa formed and what does it literally mean?
It is built from the verb lukea (to read). First, we form the passive present participle luettava (readable / to be read). Then, we put it into the plural inessive case, adding -issa. While literally meaning "in the things to be read", as a fixed grammatical structure it means "in a state of being available to be read."
Would it be correct to use the adessive form luettavilla instead of luettavissa?
In this context, luettavissa is the natural choice. The plural inessive -tavissa is usually preferred for verbs related to senses or mental processing, such as seeing (nähtävissä) or reading. The adessive -tavilla is more common for physical availability or reaching, like saatavilla (available to be gotten).
luettavissa is grammatically plural. Why doesn't it force the main verb to be plural (ovat)?
The main verb agrees with the subject of the sentence, which is the singular noun tieto. The word luettavissa functions as an adverb describing the state of the information. Because it acts as a fixed phrase of availability rather than the subject, its plural form does not dictate the number of the main verb.
Since "information" is uncountable in English, why isn't tieto in the partitive case here?