Breakdown of Tämä on sellainen aitoustodistus, jollaista jokainen antiikkikauppias vaatii.
tämä
this
olla
to be
vaatia
to claim (demand)
sellainen
such, that kind of
jokainen
every / each (declinable)
jollainen
the kind of which
antiikkikauppias
antique dealer
aitoustodistus
certificate of authenticity
Questions & Answers about Tämä on sellainen aitoustodistus, jollaista jokainen antiikkikauppias vaatii.
Why is jollaista in the partitive case here instead of the nominative jollainen?
In the relative clause, jollaista acts as the object of the verb vaatia (to demand). Because vaatia is a partitive verb, its object must always be in the partitive case.
What is the difference between using sellainen ... jollaista compared to se ... jota?
The pair se ... joka refers to a specific, unique item (for example, "This is the exact certificate that..."). By using the correlative pair sellainen ... jollainen, you are specifically referring to the type or quality of the thing ("This is the kind of certificate that...").
How does the word jollainen inflect to form the partitive jollaista?
Words ending in -nen usually change that ending to -se- before adding most case endings. However, in the partitive singular, the ending -nen is replaced directly by -sta or -stä. Therefore, jollainen becomes jollaista.
How is the compound word aitoustodistus formed?
It is made of aitous (authenticity) and todistus (certificate or proof). The word aitous itself is created by taking the adjective aito (genuine) and adding the noun-forming suffix -us (which is similar to "-ness" in English).
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