Breakdown of Media henkilöityy, sillä jokin algoritmi ohjaa sitä.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
jokin
something
media
media
ohjata
to steer
sillä
for / because (coordinating)
algoritmi
algorithm
henkilöityä
to become personalized
Questions & Answers about Media henkilöityy, sillä jokin algoritmi ohjaa sitä.
How is the verb henkilöityy formed, and what exactly does that suffix do?
It is formed from the noun henkilö (person) and the automative suffix -öityä. This suffix is highly productive in modern Finnish; it turns nouns or loanwords into verbs that mean 'to become [noun]-like' or 'to undergo the process of [noun]'. Here, it turns 'person' into 'to become personalized' or 'to be personified'.
Why is the pronoun se at the end of the sentence in the partitive case (sitä)?
Could I use koska instead of sillä to mean 'because' or 'for'?
Yes. Both translate to 'because' or 'for', but there is a structural difference. Koska is a subordinating conjunction, while sillä is a coordinating conjunction. In practice, they mean the same thing here, but sillä is slightly more formal and cannot be used at the very beginning of a sentence.
Why does the sentence use jokin (some) instead of joku?
In standard Finnish, jokin is used for inanimate objects, things, and concepts (like algoritmi), whereas joku is strictly for people. In spoken Finnish, you will hear people use joku for everything, but at a B2 level, it is important to master this distinction for written Finnish.
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