Breakdown of Koko kirjanpito täytyy tarkistaa perjantaihin mennessä.
koko
whole
täytyä
to have to
perjantai
Friday
tarkistaa
to check
mennessä
by (a deadline)
kirjanpito
the accounting
Questions & Answers about Koko kirjanpito täytyy tarkistaa perjantaihin mennessä.
The current lesson is about the tulee necessity structure. Could we use tulee instead of täytyy in this sentence?
Yes, you could say Koko kirjanpito tulee tarkistaa perjantaihin mennessä. Both express necessity, but tulee is more formal and commonly used in official or administrative contexts like accounting. The grammar rules for the rest of the sentence remain exactly the same.
Why is the object koko kirjanpito in the nominative case instead of the genitive (koko kirjanpidon)?
When a whole object is the target of a necessity verb like täytyy or tulee, it takes the nominative case instead of the standard genitive. Even if we added a genitive subject to specify who must do the checking (e.g., Minun täytyy tarkistaa kirjanpito), the object remains in the nominative. Additionally, koko (whole) is an indeclinable word that never changes case.
The English translation uses the passive 'must be checked', but there is no passive verb form in the Finnish sentence. Why?
Finnish necessity constructions like täytyy tarkistaa or tulee tarkistaa naturally convey a passive meaning when there is no specific subject mentioned in the genitive case. The sentence simply states that the action of checking is necessary, which maps perfectly to the English passive voice.
Why is perjantaihin in the illative (into) case?
The postposition mennessä, which means 'by a certain time' or 'by a deadline', always requires the word before it to be in the illative case. You can think of the timeline extending right up 'into' the deadline.
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