Breakdown of Tuo roisto on niin häikäilemätön, että hän uhraa omat kätyrinsä.
olla
to be
tuo
that
hän
he / she
niin
so
että
that (conjunction)
oma
own
roisto
the villain
uhrata
to sacrifice
kätyri
henchman
häikäilemätön
ruthless
Questions & Answers about Tuo roisto on niin häikäilemätön, että hän uhraa omat kätyrinsä.
How is the word häikäilemätön (ruthless) formed?
It comes from the verb häikäillä (to hesitate, to feel qualms) combined with the negative participle ending -mätön. Literally, it means "unhesitating" or "without qualms."
The word kätyrinsä means "his henchmen" (plural), but it doesn't have a plural "-t" or "-i" marker. How can we tell?
We know it is plural because of its modifier omat (own), which is in the plural form. When you add a possessive suffix like -nsä to a plural word in the nominative or standard accusative case, the plural marker -t disappears. Without the word omat, kätyrinsä could mean either "his henchman" or "his henchmen."
Why is omat in the nominative plural form (ending in -t) if it is the object of the verb uhraa?
In Finnish, a total object (representing a complete action) in the plural uses the nominative plural form. This is technically called the plural accusative, but it looks exactly like the nominative plural.
How would you change the end of the sentence to say "let's not sacrifice our own henchmen" using the imperative from this lesson?
You would say älkäämme uhratko omia kätyreitämme. The verb uhrata takes the stem uhratko after älkäämme. Also, because the action is now negative, the object must change from the total object (omat kätyrinsä) to the partitive case (omia kätyreitämme).
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