Word
Joukkoliikenne on kaikille yhdenvertainen iästä riippumatta.
Meaning
Public transit is equal for everyone regardless of age.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Joukkoliikenne on kaikille yhdenvertainen iästä riippumatta.
olla
to be
ikä
age
kaikki
all, everything, everyone
joukkoliikenne
public transport
Questions & Answers about Joukkoliikenne on kaikille yhdenvertainen iästä riippumatta.
Why does riippumatta require the word for age (ikä) to be in the elative case (iästä)?
Riippumatta comes from the verb riippua, which means 'to hang' or 'to depend on'. In Finnish, you always depend 'from' something, so riippua requires the elative case (-sta/-stä). That rule stays intact even when the verb is acting as a postposition.
What is the exact grammatical structure of the word riippumatta?
It is functionally a postposition here, but structurally it is the third infinitive of riippua combined with the abessive case ending -tta, which means 'without'. Therefore, iästä riippumatta literally translates to 'without depending on age'.
How is the adjective yhdenvertainen (equal) constructed?
It is a compound of yhden (the genitive of yksi, meaning 'one') and vertainen (meaning 'comparable' or 'equivalent'). Breaking down words like this is a great B2 strategy for remembering advanced and abstract vocabulary.
Why is kaikki in the allative case (kaikille) in this sentence?