Breakdown of Tyytykää määräaikaiseen sopimukseen!
sopimus
contract
tyytyä
to settle for
määräaikainen
fixed-term
Questions & Answers about Tyytykää määräaikaiseen sopimukseen!
Why are määräaikaiseen sopimukseen in the illative case here?
This is driven by the verb tyytyä (to settle for). It is a resolution verb that requires its target to be in the illative case. You can think of it as resigning yourself "into" a situation.
What form is the verb Tyytykää?
It is the imperative (command) form for the second-person plural (te). It is formed by taking the infinitive stem of tyytyä and adding the plural imperative suffix -kää. You use this when telling a group of people, or one person formally, to settle for something.
What are the root words that make up the adjective määräaikainen?
It is made from määrä (amount, defined limit) and aika (time), plus the common adjective suffix -inen. It literally means "having a set amount of time", which is the standard term for "fixed-term".
How does the noun sopimus transform into the illative sopimukseen?
Nouns ending in -us that are derived from verbs (here, from sopia, to agree) change their stem to -ukse- before adding case endings. For the illative case, you add -en, resulting in sopimukseen.
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