Breakdown of Uusia sairauksia ei korvattu, joten käsittely loppui nopeasti.
uusi
new
ei
no / not (negative verb)
nopeasti
fast
loppua
to end
joten
so, therefore
sairaus
the illness
käsittely
the processing
korvata
to compensate
Questions & Answers about Uusia sairauksia ei korvattu, joten käsittely loppui nopeasti.
Why is uusia sairauksia in the partitive plural instead of the nominative plural?
Even though it translates as the subject of the English sentence, in Finnish this is a passive sentence, making uusia sairauksia the grammatical object. Because the verb is negative (ei korvattu), the object must take the partitive case.
How is the negative passive past tense formed in ei korvattu?
To form the negative passive in the past tense, you use the third-person negative verb (ei) followed by the passive past participle of the main verb. For the verb korvata (to compensate or replace), the passive past participle is korvattu.
Why does the sentence use loppui instead of lopetti for "ended"?
Finnish makes a strict distinction between something ending on its own (intransitive) and someone ending something (transitive). Loppua means "to end" (the processing ended), whereas lopettaa means "to stop or finish doing something" (someone ended the processing).
Could I start the sentence with the verb, as in Ei korvattu uusia sairauksia...?
You could, but putting Uusia sairauksia first makes it the topic of the sentence, which sounds much more natural here. It connects the sentence to whatever was just being discussed (like an insurance claim) by establishing "new illnesses" as the main focus.
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