Breakdown of Tänään aion raivata koko autotallin.
tänään
today
koko
whole
autotalli
garage
aikoa
to intend, to be going to
raivata
to clear
Questions & Answers about Tänään aion raivata koko autotallin.
How would I emphasize that it is the garage I am clearing using the se, mikä pseudo-cleft structure from this lesson?
You would rephrase it as: Se, minkä aion tänään raivata, on koko autotalli. (That which I intend to clear today is the whole garage). Notice that the relative pronoun minkä takes the accusative (genitive-looking) case here because it acts as the object of raivata, which leaves autotalli in the nominative at the end.
Why is autotallin in the genitive-looking accusative case instead of the partitive?
Because the action is viewed as a complete whole. You are intending to clear the entire garage, which makes it a total object. The indeclinable word koko (whole) also strongly signals that the object will take the accusative case.
What is the difference between raivata and siivota?
Siivota means to clean in the traditional sense, like sweeping or dusting. Raivata means to clear out, declutter, or make physical space (its original meaning is to clear land or forests). Using raivata implies the garage is full of boxes and junk that heavily need to be sorted or removed.
Why does aion take the first infinitive raivata instead of the -maan form?
The verb aikoa (to intend) requires the basic dictionary form, which is the first infinitive. This often trips learners up because many other verbs related to starting an action or moving to do an action, such as mennä (to go) or ruveta (to start), require the third infinitive illative (raivaamaan).
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