Breakdown of Munkki asuu luostarissa ja kieltäytyy maallisesta nautinnosta.
ja
and
asua
to live
kieltäytyä
to refuse
munkki
monk
luostari
monastery
maallinen
worldly
nautinto
pleasure
Questions & Answers about Munkki asuu luostarissa ja kieltäytyy maallisesta nautinnosta.
Why is "worldly pleasure" in the elative case (maallisesta nautinnosta) instead of the partitive or accusative?
This is due to verb rection. The verb kieltäytyä (to refuse, to decline) requires the thing being refused to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). You can think of it as literally "refusing out of" something.
I know the verb kieltää means "to forbid" or "to deny". How is kieltäytyä different?
kieltäytyä is the reflexive version of kieltää. While kieltää means to forbid someone else from doing something or to deny a fact, adding the -ytyä ending turns the action inward. So, kieltäytyä means forbidding oneself from taking or doing something, which translates naturally to "refusing" or "declining".
The word for "worldly" is maallinen. Is this related to the word maa (country/earth)?
Yes! maa means earth, land, or country. Adding the common adjective suffix -llinen often creates words meaning "pertaining to" the root word. So, maallinen literally means "earthly" or "worldly", often used as a contrast to spiritual things.
Where does the word nautinto come from?
It comes from the verb nauttia, which means "to enjoy" or "to consume". The suffix -nto is used to turn verbs into nouns representing the result or state of the action. Therefore, nauttia becomes nautinto (pleasure or enjoyment).
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