Breakdown of Tämä ilmiömäinen tanssija ei ainoastaan esiinny vaan myös luo koreografian.
tämä
this
myös
also
ei
no / not (negative verb)
vaan
but rather (after a negative)
esiintyä
to perform
tanssija
dancer
luoda
to create
ainoastaan
only (solely, exclusively)
koreografia
choreography
ilmiömäinen
phenomenal
Questions & Answers about Tämä ilmiömäinen tanssija ei ainoastaan esiinny vaan myös luo koreografian.
Why is esiinny in the connegative form while luo is conjugated normally?
The negative verb ei in the ei ainoastaan (not only) structure only applies to the first action, making esiintyä (to perform) take the connegative form esiinny. The second half introduced by vaan myös (but also) is an affirmative statement, so luoda (to create) is conjugated normally in the third person singular as luo.
Does the negative word ei at the beginning affect the case of the object koreografian?
No, it does not. A common trap is to assume a sentence with ei automatically takes a partitive object. However, the negation only applies to the performing. The creating is affirmative, so its object takes the standard accusative case, which looks like the genitive ending -n here (koreografian) because it is a total object of a singular complete action.
How is the adjective ilmiömäinen formed?
It is built from the noun ilmiö (phenomenon). Adding the suffix -mäinen creates an adjective meaning characteristic of or like that noun. Therefore, ilmiömäinen translates literally to phenomenon-like, or phenomenal.
Could I say ei vain instead of ei ainoastaan in this sentence?
Yes, ei vain ... vaan myös is a perfectly valid and slightly more everyday alternative to ei ainoastaan ... vaan myös. They function exactly the same way to link parallel clauses.
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