Word
Järjestimme kimppakyydin vähentääksemme matkakuluja.
Meaning
We organized a carpool to reduce travel expenses.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Järjestimme kimppakyydin vähentääksemme matkakuluja.
järjestää
to organize
vähentää
to reduce
kimppakyyti
carpool
matkakulu
travel expense
Questions & Answers about Järjestimme kimppakyydin vähentääksemme matkakuluja.
What does the -ksemme part of vähentääksemme do?
It is a structure used to express purpose, meaning "in order to". It consists of the basic infinitive vähentää (to reduce), the translative ending -kse-, and the personal possessive suffix -mme matching the "we" subject. Together it means "in order for us to reduce".
Why is the object kimppakyydin in the genitive-accusative form (ending in -n)?
Because the main verb järjestimme is in a regular, active tense. In standard active sentences, a singular total object takes the -n ending.
If the sentence were passive ("A carpool was organized"), it would be Järjestettiin kimppakyyti without the -n. If the object were the pronoun "you", would it also drop its ending?
No. As this lesson teaches, personal pronouns are a major exception. While regular nouns drop their object case to become nominative in passive, imperative, and necessity clauses, personal pronouns always keep their -t accusative ending. For example, "You were organized" would be Sinut järjestettiin, never just Sinu.
Why does matkakuluja take the partitive plural instead of a total object form?