Breakdown of Tumma väri syventää sinun ilmettäsi.
väri
color
sinun
your, yours
ilme
expression
tumma
dark (in color)
syventää
to deepen
Questions & Answers about Tumma väri syventää sinun ilmettäsi.
How does the suffix -ntää work in the verb syventää?
The verb syventää comes from the adjective syvä (deep). The suffix -ntaa / -ntää is used to create active, transitive verbs that mean 'to make something [adjective]'. Here, it changes 'deep' into 'to make deep' or 'to deepen'. Notice the stem vowel changes from ä to e (syvä -> syve-) before adding the suffix.
Why is the object ilmettäsi in the partitive case instead of the accusative?
What is the root word for ilmettäsi, and how is this form built?
The root is the noun ilme (expression or look). Because it is a word ending in -e, its partitive ending is -ttä, giving us ilmettä. Finally, the second-person singular possessive suffix -si (your) is added to the end.
Is the word sinun strictly necessary when we already have the -si suffix on ilmettäsi?
No, it is optional in standard Finnish. The suffix -si alone is enough to mean 'your'. Including the genitive pronoun sinun puts a little extra emphasis on the owner, making it sound more like 'deepens your look'.
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