Word
Asukkaan on aika ottaa uusi pakettiauto käyttöön.
Meaning
It is time for the resident to take the new van into use.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Asukkaan on aika ottaa uusi pakettiauto käyttöön.
olla
to be
uusi
new
aika
time (concept, duration)
ottaa
to take
Questions & Answers about Asukkaan on aika ottaa uusi pakettiauto käyttöön.
Why is asukas (the resident) in the genitive case (asukkaan)?
In the on aika (it is time) construction, the person who needs to do the action is expressed with a genitive subject. You can think of it literally as 'It is the resident's time to take...'.
Why is the object uusi pakettiauto in the nominative case instead of the genitive-accusative uuden pakettiauton?
This is a key feature of necessity-like constructions such as on aika or on pakko. When these are followed by a 1st infinitive (like ottaa), the object of that infinitive takes the 'total object' form. This means it drops the usual -n ending and looks exactly like the basic nominative.
How does the phrase ottaa käyttöön work here?
Ottaa käyttöön is a very common idiom meaning 'to take into use', 'to deploy', or 'to introduce'. Käyttö means 'use', and the illative case ending (-ön) expresses the physical or abstract transition of the van entering into active service.
Why does the stem of asukas change so much to become asukkaan?