Breakdown of Tätä aikataulua me emme koskaan sovittele.
tämä
this
me
we
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
koskaan
never / ever
aikataulu
schedule
sovitella
to coordinate
Questions & Answers about Tätä aikataulua me emme koskaan sovittele.
This lesson is about sopia taking the allative (-lle), but this sentence uses sovitella with a partitive object. Why?
Sovitella is a related verb derived from sopia. While sopia means to suit or to fit and takes the allative case for the person it suits, sovitella means to reconcile, to negotiate, or to coordinate. It is a transitive verb, meaning it takes a direct object rather than an allative experiencer.
Why is the object Tätä aikataulua at the very beginning of the sentence?
This is a great example of topicalization. By moving the object to the front of the sentence instead of keeping the standard subject-verb-object order, the speaker strongly emphasizes this schedule in particular. It creates a contrast, implying they might coordinate other things, but absolutely not this schedule.
Why is the object Tätä aikataulua in the partitive case?
This is a strict grammatical rule that is always good to refresh: the object of a negative sentence is always in the partitive case in Finnish. Because we are using the negative verb emme, the object cannot be in the accusative case.
How do we form the negative verb sovittele from the infinitive sovitella?
In negative sentences, the main verb appears in the connegative form. For a Type 3 verb like sovitella, you find the connegative form simply by taking the infinitive and dropping the final -la or -lä. This leaves us with sovittele.
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