Breakdown of Miten kaupungistuminen ja muuttoliike tulevat muuttamaan yhteiskuntaa?
ja
and
miten
how (in what way)
yhteiskunta
the society
muuttaa
to change (something)
tulla
will (future auxiliary)
muuttoliike
migration
kaupungistuminen
urbanization
Questions & Answers about Miten kaupungistuminen ja muuttoliike tulevat muuttamaan yhteiskuntaa?
How is the future tense constructed here, and why is tulevat in the plural?
This sentence uses the analytical future construction, which pairs the verb tulla with the 3rd infinitive illative form of the main verb (ending in -maan/-mään). Because the subject consists of two things joined by ja (kaupungistuminen ja muuttoliike), tulla is conjugated in the third-person plural as tulevat, followed by muuttamaan.
Why is the object yhteiskuntaa in the partitive case instead of the accusative?
The verb muuttaa (to change) takes a partitive object when the change is an ongoing, continuous process rather than a completed action with a clear end result. Since changing society is a massive, ongoing shift, yhteiskuntaa takes the partitive ending -a.
How is the word kaupungistuminen built from smaller parts?
It is a great example of Finnish word derivation. It starts with the noun kaupunki (city). Adding a suffix creates the verb kaupungistua (to urbanize / to turn into a city). Finally, adding the -minen suffix turns it back into a noun, kaupungistuminen (urbanization).
What does the compound word muuttoliike consist of, and how does it relate to the main verb?
It is made of muutto (a move / relocation) and liike (movement). Interestingly, muutto comes from the verb muuttaa, which means to move (homes) but also to change. This means you actually see two different meanings of the muuttaa root in this sentence: once inside the noun for migration, and once as the active verb muuttamaan (to change)!
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