Breakdown of Olemme liian väsyneitä hinnoitellaksemme nämä käytetyt tavarat tänään.
olla
to be
väsynyt
tired
nämä
these
tänään
today
Questions & Answers about Olemme liian väsyneitä hinnoitellaksemme nämä käytetyt tavarat tänään.
How is the word hinnoitellaksemme formed in this sentence?
It uses the structure taught in this lesson to mean 'to do something'. You take the first infinitive hinnoitella (to price), add the translative ending -kse-, and attach the possessive suffix matching the subject. Because the subject is 'we' (olemme), we use the first-person plural suffix -mme, resulting in hinnoitellaksemme.
Could I just use an että clause instead of this special infinitive form?
Yes, the meaning is exactly the same as saying Olemme niin väsyneitä, ettemme hinnoittele... (We are so tired that we will not price...). The construction with liian and the translative infinitive is just a more concise, advanced way to express the idea of being too tired to do something.
Why is väsyneitä in the partitive plural instead of the nominative plural?
When the subject of the sentence is a plural noun or pronoun, like the hidden 'we' in olemme, the predicative adjective describing it must be in the partitive plural. If the subject were singular, you would use the nominative singular, as in Olen liian väsynyt.
Why are the object words nämä käytetyt tavarat in the nominative plural?
The action of pricing the items is intended to be completed, making this a total object. Plural total objects always take the nominative plural form (ending in -t), whereas singular total objects change depending on the verb type. They would only be in the partitive if the action were incomplete or negative.