Breakdown of Abstrakti teema teki näyttelyn vaikuttavaksi.
tehdä
to do
näyttely
exhibition
vaikuttava
impressive
abstrakti
abstract
Questions & Answers about Abstrakti teema teki näyttelyn vaikuttavaksi.
Why does vaikuttava (impressive) take the translative ending -ksi here?
The translative case expresses a change of state or the result of an action. In Finnish, when you make something into a certain state or quality using the verb tehdä (to make), the adjective describing that resulting state must be in the translative case. The theme made the exhibition into an impressive one (vaikuttavaksi).
Why is the object näyttely (exhibition) in the genitive-looking -n form (näyttelyn) instead of the partitive?
This indicates that it is a total object, meaning the action is complete and affects the whole exhibition. The abstract theme successfully completed the action of making it impressive, so the object takes the -n ending. If the process were ongoing, negative, or incomplete, you would use the partitive form näyttelyä.
How is the adjective vaikuttava (impressive) formed?
It is the present active participle of the verb vaikuttaa, which means to influence or to make an impression. By adding the -va/-vä ending to the verb stem, it becomes a participle that functions as an adjective. Literally, it means influencing or impression-making.