Breakdown of Nämä ilmiöt ovat yleisiä, ja kaupungistuminen tulee jatkumaan.
tämä
this
olla
to be
ja
and
jatkua
to continue
ilmiö
phenomenon
yleinen
common (general, widespread)
tulla
will (future auxiliary)
kaupungistuminen
urbanization
Questions & Answers about Nämä ilmiöt ovat yleisiä, ja kaupungistuminen tulee jatkumaan.
Why do we use tulee jatkumaan instead of just the present tense jatkuu?
While Finnish usually relies on the present tense to express the future, the analytical future (tulla + 3rd infinitive illative) is used here to make a strong, formal prediction. It emphasizes that the continuation of urbanization is an inevitable future certainty, rather than just an ongoing process.
Why is the verb jatkua in the form jatkumaan?
The analytical future construction always requires the main verb to be in the illative form of the 3rd infinitive. To form this, you take the strong stem of the verb (jatku-) and add -maan (or -mään depending on vowel harmony). Because tulla literally means to come, you can conceptually think of this structure as 'coming into the action of continuing'.
Why is the adjective yleisiä in the partitive plural when the subject ilmiöt is in the nominative plural?
In Finnish, when a plural subject like ilmiöt is used with the verb olla, the predicative adjective describing it almost always takes the partitive plural. The nominative plural (yleiset) would only be used if we were describing a specific, restricted group of common things, rather than making a general descriptive statement.
How is the long noun kaupungistuminen constructed?
This word is a perfect example of Finnish derivation! It starts with the root noun kaupunki (city). Adding the suffix -stua creates the verb kaupungistua (to urbanize / to become a city). Finally, adding the -minen suffix turns it into a verbal noun, kaupungistuminen (the process of urbanization).
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