Word
Terapia auttaa, kun tunnet itsesi kuormittuneeksi.
Meaning
Therapy helps when you feel overwhelmed.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Terapia auttaa, kun tunnet itsesi kuormittuneeksi.
auttaa
to help
itse
self, oneself
kun
when (conjunction)
tuntea
to feel (experience a sensation or emotion)
Questions & Answers about Terapia auttaa, kun tunnet itsesi kuormittuneeksi.
Why is kuormittuneeksi in the translative case (-ksi)?
With the phrase tuntea itsensä (to feel oneself), the word describing the feeling takes either the translative (-ksi) or essive (-na/-nä) case. Here, the translative describes the subjective experience or the result of having become overwhelmed.
Could I use the essive case (kuormittuneena) instead of the translative here?
Yes! You could perfectly well say kun tunnet itsesi kuormittuneena. The essive focuses slightly more on the ongoing state of being overwhelmed, while the translative (kuormittuneeksi) hints at the transition into that state. However, with tuntea itsensä, native speakers often use them interchangeably.
How is the object itsesi formed in this sentence?
It is the reflexive pronoun itse combined with the second-person singular possessive suffix -si (because the subject is "you"). As the direct object of tunnet, its base form is in the genitive/accusative case, but the typical -n object ending is dropped when a possessive suffix is added.
Where does the word kuormittuneeksi come from?