Word
Johtoryhmä ei antanut asiasta virallista lausuntoa.
Meaning
The management team did not give an official statement about the matter.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Johtoryhmä ei antanut asiasta virallista lausuntoa.
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
antaa
to give
asia
thing, matter
lausunto
statement
Questions & Answers about Johtoryhmä ei antanut asiasta virallista lausuntoa.
How is the base word lausunto formed, and what does the -nto suffix do here?
It comes from the verb lausua (to express or state) combined with the suffix -nto. This suffix is used to create abstract nouns that represent the outcome or result of an action. Therefore, the outcome of stating something becomes a lausunto (a formal statement).
Why are both virallista and lausuntoa in the partitive case?
In Finnish, when a sentence is negative, the direct object must take the partitive case. Because the management team did not give the statement (ei antanut), the adjective and noun forming the object (virallinen lausunto) change to their partitive forms: virallista lausuntoa.
Why is the word for the matter (asia) in the elative form asiasta?
Verbs and nouns related to speaking, giving statements, or expressing opinions usually require the topic being discussed to be in the elative case (-sta or -stä), which translates to 'about' or 'concerning'. Since the statement is about the matter, asia becomes asiasta.
The word johtoryhmä means management team. Is the johto part also a derived noun?