Breakdown of Turistin ei ole helppo ymmärtää kirjoittamatonta käytäntöä uusissa tilanteissa.
olla
to be
uusi
new
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
helppo
easy
Questions & Answers about Turistin ei ole helppo ymmärtää kirjoittamatonta käytäntöä uusissa tilanteissa.
Why is the tourist in the genitive case (Turistin) rather than using a case that translates to 'for the tourist'?
This sentence uses the genitive experiencer structure. In Finnish, to say 'it is [adjective] for [someone] to do [something]', the person experiencing the situation is put in the genitive case. The formula is: Genitive subject (Turistin) + olla (ei ole) + Adjective (helppo) + 1st infinitive (ymmärtää).
Why is the adjective helppo in the nominative case? Shouldn't abstract descriptions like 'it is easy' use the partitive helppoa?
In this specific genitive experiencer structure, the adjective usually remains in the nominative case (like helppo, vaikea, kiva) even if the sentence is negative. This is because the grammatical subject of the sentence is actually the infinitive verb ymmärtää (to understand), and adjectives describing infinitive verbs take the nominative form.
Why are kirjoittamatonta and käytäntöä in the partitive case?
How is the word kirjoittamatonta (unwritten) formed?