Breakdown of Asiakas jäi epätietoiseksi uudesta säännöstä.
uusi
new
jäädä
to stay
sääntö
rule
asiakas
the customer
epätietoinen
uncertain (unaware, uninformed)
Questions & Answers about Asiakas jäi epätietoiseksi uudesta säännöstä.
Why does epätietoinen take the translative ending -ksi in this sentence?
The verb jäädä (to remain, to be left) requires the translative case when expressing a condition or a resulting state. Because the customer ended up in a state of uncertainty, the adjective epätietoinen becomes epätietoiseksi.
Why is the object 'the new rule' in the elative case as uudesta säännöstä?
In Finnish, the adjective epätietoinen (unaware, uncertain) governs the elative case (-sta/-stä) for the thing you are unaware of. You can think of it as being uncertain 'about' something.
What happens to the stem of sääntö when the elative ending is added?
The word sääntö (rule) undergoes consonant gradation. The strong grade nt changes to the weak grade nn when adding a closed syllable ending like the elative -stä, making it säännöstä.
How is the word epätietoiseksi constructed from its root?
It is built using the negative prefix epä- (un- or non-) attached to tietoinen (aware, conscious), which itself comes from tieto (knowledge). As with all words ending in -nen, the ending changes to -se- before adding the translative suffix -ksi.
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