Breakdown of Tutkimuksen kannalta maatalous tuhoaa tasapainon.
tutkimus
the research
tuhota
to destroy
kannalta
from the perspective of
tasapaino
balance (equilibrium)
maatalous
agriculture
Questions & Answers about Tutkimuksen kannalta maatalous tuhoaa tasapainon.
What does the postposition kannalta literally mean, and how is it formed?
Kannalta translates to "from the perspective of" or "in terms of". It is literally the ablative case (the "from" case, -lta) of the noun kanta, which means base, position, or standpoint. Like most postpositions in Finnish, it requires the word before it to be in the genitive case, which is why we see tutkimuksen here.
Why does the word tutkimus change to tutkimuksen?
The noun tutkimus (research) belongs to a group of words ending in -us that are derived from verbs (in this case, tutkia - to research). When adding a case ending like the genitive -n, the -us changes to the stem -ukse-. Therefore, tutkimus becomes tutkimukse- + -n.
Why is the object tasapainon in the genitive case rather than the partitive?
Because the destruction is framed as a complete, finished action. When a sentence is affirmative and the action completely affects the object (a total object), Finnish uses the genitive-looking accusative case. If the destruction were an ongoing, incomplete process, you would use the partitive case (tasapainoa).
Can you break down the compound words maatalous and tasapaino?
Maatalous (agriculture) is made up of maa (land, earth) and talous (economy, household). Tasapaino (balance) is formed from tasa (even) and paino (weight).
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