Breakdown of Tämä asetus antaa käyttäjän estää pääsyn henkilötietoihin.
tämä
this
estää
to prevent
käyttäjä
user
antaa
to let / to allow
henkilötieto
personal data
pääsy
access
asetus
setting
Questions & Answers about Tämä asetus antaa käyttäjän estää pääsyn henkilötietoihin.
Why is käyttäjän in the genitive case here?
This is the core structure for expressing permission. When using antaa to mean "to let" or "to allow", the person who is allowed to do the action is put in the genitive case (acting as the "genitive subject" of the following verb). Here, the setting lets the user (käyttäjän) do the blocking (estää).
Doesn't antaa usually mean "to give"? How do I know it means "to let" in this sentence?
The grammatical structure gives it away. When antaa is followed by a genitive subject like käyttäjän and a 1st infinitive verb like estää, it shifts meaning to "to let". If it meant "to give", the recipient would typically be in the allative case, such as käyttäjälle (to the user).
Why is the word for access (pääsy) written as pääsyn?
It is the direct object of the verb estää (to block). Because the main clause has a standard subject (tämä asetus) performing the action, a total object being completely blocked takes the genitive-accusative ending -n.
Why does personal data (henkilötiedot) take the illative ("into") ending -ihin?
This is dictated by the noun pääsy (access). In Finnish, you do not have access to a destination; you have access into it. Therefore, pääsy always forces its target into the illative case, resulting in henkilötietoihin.
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