Breakdown of Tilintarkastus alkaa heti tilikauden lopussa.
heti
immediately
alkaa
to start
loppu
end
tilikausi
the financial year
tilintarkastus
the audit
Questions & Answers about Tilintarkastus alkaa heti tilikauden lopussa.
How do the compound words tilintarkastus and tilikauden break down?
Why is the inessive case used in lopussa instead of the adessive case lopulla?
Using lopussa means the audit starts exactly at the definitive end of the financial year. If you used lopulla, it would mean roughly 'towards the end' or 'around the end', which lacks the strict precision usually expected in financial contexts.
Since this lesson covers the formal necessity construction, how would you rewrite this to say 'The audit MUST start immediately' using tulee?
You would put the subject into the genitive case (tilintarkastuksen), add the verb tulee, and keep alkaa in its first infinitive form. The formal necessity sentence would be: Tilintarkastuksen tulee alkaa heti tilikauden lopussa.
Is there anything tricky to remember about the verb alkaa as you reach B2 level?
While it acts simply as an intransitive verb here, a common B2 pitfall is mixing up verb rections when combining verbs. Remember that alkaa takes the first infinitive (e.g., alkaa tehdä), whereas its synonym ruveta requires the MA-infinitive illative (e.g., ruveta tekemään).
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