Breakdown of Yleisö antoi suuren suosionosoituksen juontajalle, suositulle koomikolle.
antaa
to give
yleisö
the audience
suuri
large, great
koomikko
comedian
suosittu
popular
suosionosoitus
the ovation
juontaja
the host
Questions & Answers about Yleisö antoi suuren suosionosoituksen juontajalle, suositulle koomikolle.
Why do both suositulle and koomikolle end in the allative -lle here?
They form an apposition—a phrase that renames or describes the noun right next to it. In formal and written Finnish, an apposition must match the grammatical case of the head noun it describes. The head noun juontajalle (to the host) is in the allative case (-lle), so the apposition 'a popular comedian' must also take the allative case, becoming suositulle koomikolle.
Why does suuren suosionosoituksen end in -n instead of being in the partitive?
It is the total object of the sentence. Because the action of giving (antoi) is affirmative and completed, the object takes the genitive-like accusative ending -n. If the sentence were negative ('The audience didn't give...'), this object would switch to the partitive case: suurta suosionosoitusta.
How is the compound word suosionosoitus (ovation) built?
It is a compound made of suosion (the genitive form of suosio, meaning 'favor' or 'popularity') and osoitus (demonstration or showing). Literally, it means a 'showing of favor.' When a compound word takes a grammatical case, only the final part changes, which is why it becomes suosionosoituksen here while suosion remains the same.
Is suositulle an adjective or a verb form here?
Suosittu (popular) acts as an adjective here, but it is actually the passive past participle of the verb suosia (to favor). It literally means 'favored.' Because it functions as an adjective modifying koomikolle, it must agree with it in case and take the same -lle ending.
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