Breakdown of Ihanteeseen pyritään, ja täällä asutaan tasapuolisesti rinnakkain.
ja
and
täällä
here
asua
to live
rinnakkain
parallel, side by side
pyrkiä
to strive for / to apply to
ihanne
ideal
tasapuolisesti
equally (fairly, impartially)
Questions & Answers about Ihanteeseen pyritään, ja täällä asutaan tasapuolisesti rinnakkain.
Why are the verbs pyritään and asutaan in the passive, even though they don't take an object?
In Finnish, the passive voice is often used to express a generic or collective human action, rather than an action done to a specific object. Passivizing intransitive verbs like pyrkiä (to strive) and asua (to live) is the standard way to say "people strive/live" or "one strives/lives".
Why is ihanteeseen (to the ideal) in the illative case rather than the partitive or nominative?
The verb pyrkiä strictly requires its target or goal to be in the illative case (the "into" case). This verb government rule stays the same even when the verb is used in the passive.
How does the suffix on rinnakkain (side by side) work?
The base word is rinta (chest/breast). The suffix -kkain (or -kkäin) is an adverbial ending used to express mutual position or relation between two or more things. So, rinnakkain literally means "chest to chest" or "abreast", which translates naturally to "side by side".
What are the component parts of the adverb tasapuolisesti (equally)?
It is formed from the adjective tasapuolinen (impartial, fair, or equitable), which itself combines tasa (even or equal) and puoli (side/half). The -sti ending simply turns this adjective into an adverb to describe how the living is done.
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