Breakdown of Näyttelijän pitkä ura oli todella menestyksekäs.
olla
to be
ura
career
pitkä
long, tall
näyttelijä
the actor
todella
really (very, intensifier)
menestyksekäs
successful
Questions & Answers about Näyttelijän pitkä ura oli todella menestyksekäs.
How is menestyksekäs formed from the word for 'success'?
The base noun is menestys (success). To add the suffix, we use the word's inflectional stem. For nouns ending in -us/-ys or -os/-ös, the stem replaces the final -s with -kse-, giving us menestykse-. Then we add the abundance suffix -käs, which uses the front-vowel ä due to vowel harmony with the e and y in the stem.
How would you inflect menestyksekäs if we were talking about multiple careers?
Adjectives ending in -kas or -käs have a strong grade stem that ends in -kkaa- or -kkää-. If the sentence were about multiple careers in the plural, the nominative plural form would be menestyksekkäät urat.
Could I use the adjective menestyvä instead of menestyksekäs here?
You could, but they carry slightly different nuances. Menestyvä is a participle from the verb menestyä (to succeed) and usually describes someone or something currently succeeding. Menestyksekäs specifically emphasizes an inherent abundance of success, which fits perfectly when summarizing a long, completed career.
Is näyttelijän a derived word too?
Yes, it is derived from the verb näytellä (to act). By adding the agent suffix -jä (which denotes the doer of an action, similar to '-er' in English) to the verb stem, we get näyttelijä (actor). Here it is in the genitive case (näyttelijän) to indicate possession, translating to 'the actor's'.
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