Breakdown of Kriitikko erottaa provosoivan installaation muista teoksista.
muu
other, else
teos
work of art / piece
kriitikko
the critic
erottaa
to distinguish / tell apart
provosoiva
provocative
installaatio
installation
Questions & Answers about Kriitikko erottaa provosoivan installaation muista teoksista.
Why does "from the other works" use the elative case (muista teoksista) instead of the ablative case?
The verb erottaa (to separate or distinguish) strongly governs the elative case (-sta/-stä) when expressing what something is separated from. Finnish conceptualizes separating one thing from a larger group as pulling it "out of" that group.
What kind of word is provosoivan here?
It is a verb participle acting as an adjective. It comes from the verb provosoida (to provoke). Adding the present active participle ending -va makes it provosoiva (provoking / provocative). Here, it takes the -n ending to match the case of the object installaation.
Why is the object provosoivan installaation in the genitive-looking accusative case instead of the partitive?
Because the action of distinguishing the installation is seen as complete and applies to the whole object. The critic successfully separates this specific, entire piece from the rest, making it a total object.
How does the base word teos (work of art) become teoksista?
Nouns ending in -os or -ös have a stem ending in -okse- or -ökse-. To form the plural, the plural marker -i- is added, which drops the final -e- of the stem to make teoksi-. Finally, the elative ending -sta is attached.
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