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Questions & Answers about Tyytykää tähän kompromissiin!
Why do we use the illative case (tähän kompromissiin) instead of a direct object case here?
The verb tyytyä (to settle for, to be satisfied with) requires the illative case. In Finnish, verbs about reaching a conclusion, settling, or ending up somewhere often take the illative, as if your thoughts or actions are landing into that result.
What form of the verb is tyytykää?
It is the second-person plural (you all) or formal singular imperative (command) form of tyytyä. The plural command ending is -kaa or -kää, and here we use -kää because the word contains front vowels (y and ä).
Why doesn't the 't' in tyytykää weaken to 'd' like it does in tyydyn (I settle)?
The plural imperative ending -kää attaches to the strong consonant grade of the verb stem. Since the dictionary form tyytyä has a strong 't', it stays strong here. It only weakens in closed syllables, such as when adding the 'n' ending in tyydyn.
Does tyytyä imply a negative feeling, like giving up?