Breakdown of Hallitus teki uuden säännöksen, jotta se estäisi veronkierron.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
uusi
new
tehdä
to do
estää
to prevent
Questions & Answers about Hallitus teki uuden säännöksen, jotta se estäisi veronkierron.
Why are both uuden säännöksen and veronkierron in the genitive case?
They are both total objects. The government finished making the regulation (teki), and the goal is to successfully prevent the tax evasion (estäisi). In normal affirmative sentences, a singular total object takes the genitive ending.
If we changed this to 'The government must make a new regulation' using the tulee construction from this lesson, how would it look?
It would become Hallituksen tulee tehdä uusi säännös. The subject (hallitus) shifts to the genitive. Crucially, the object changes from the genitive (uuden säännöksen) to the nominative (uusi säännös) because necessity structures require a nominative total object! This is a very common trap for learners.
Since hallitus is the subject of both clauses, could we use a shorter infinitive structure here instead of jotta?
Yes! Because the subject is the same in both parts of the sentence, you can replace jotta se estäisi with the translative case of the first infinitive: estääkseen. This 'in order to' structure is very common in formal written Finnish.
What is the base form of säännöksen and how does it relate to the word sääntö?