Breakdown of Asema on esteetön suurista tasoeroista riippumatta.
olla
to be
asema
station
suuri
large, great
esteetön
accessible
riippumatta
regardless of
tasoero
the level difference
Questions & Answers about Asema on esteetön suurista tasoeroista riippumatta.
Why are both suurista and tasoeroista in the elative case (-sta) here?
The postposition riippumatta (regardless of) requires the word it modifies to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). Because Finnish requires adjectives to match the case of the noun they describe, both the adjective suurista (large) and the noun tasoeroista (level differences) take the plural elative ending.
Where does the postposition riippumatta actually come from?
It is built from the verb riippua, which means 'to depend on' and naturally requires an elative object. Riippumatta is technically the abessive form (meaning 'without') of the verb's third infinitive. So, suurista tasoeroista riippumatta literally translates to 'without depending on large level differences'.
How does the word esteetön translate to 'accessible'?
It is a combination of the noun este (obstacle or barrier) and the suffix -tön, which means 'without' (like the English suffix '-less'). Literally meaning 'barrier-free', this is the standard Finnish word used to describe physical accessibility, such as wheelchair access.
What makes up the compound word tasoeroista?
The base form is tasoero, which is a compound of taso (level) and ero (difference). The -i- marks the plural, and the -sta is the elative case ending required by the postposition riippumatta.
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