Breakdown of Kunnioitamme salassapitoa, jottei kilpailija voita.
kunnioittaa
to respect
voittaa
to win
kilpailija
competitor
jottei
so that not (inflects: jotten, jottet, jottei...)
Questions & Answers about Kunnioitamme salassapitoa, jottei kilpailija voita.
How exactly is jottei formed in this sentence?
jottei is a fused negative conjunction combining jotta (so that) and ei (the 3rd-person singular negative verb matching kilpailija). Because the negative verb inflects for person, if the subject of the clause were 'I', it would be jotten (jotta + en), and for 'we' it would be jottemme (jotta + emme).
Why is the verb at the end written as voita instead of the dictionary form voittaa?
Because it is part of a negative sentence. The negative verb ei is hidden inside the fused word jottei, which forces the main verb into the present connegative form. For voittaa, you take the 1st-person form voitan and drop the -n to get voita.
Why is salassapitoa in the partitive case here?
The verb kunnioittaa (to respect) is a partitive verb, meaning it strictly requires its object to be in the partitive case. Whenever you express respecting someone or something, that object must take a partitive ending.
What does the noun salassapito consist of?