Breakdown of Kunnioitamme salassapitoa, jottei kilpailija voita.
kunnioittaa
to respect
voittaa
to win
kilpailija
competitor
jottei
so that not (inflects for person)
salassapito
the secrecy / the non-disclosure
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?
It is a compound noun made of salassa (in secret, which is the inessive case of sala) and pito (keeping or holding, derived from the verb pitää). It literally translates to 'keeping in secret' and means confidentiality or secrecy.
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