Breakdown of Kokenut kelloseppä osti nämä vanhat rattaat varaosiksi.
tämä
this
vanha
old
ostaa
to buy
kokenut
experienced
kelloseppä
the watchmaker
ratas
the cogwheel
varaosa
the spare part
Questions & Answers about Kokenut kelloseppä osti nämä vanhat rattaat varaosiksi.
Why is varaosiksi in the translative case (-ksi) here?
This is the translative of intended purpose. While the translative case often shows a change of state (becoming something), here it expresses what something is meant to be used as. The watchmaker bought the gears to use them as spare parts (varaosiksi).
Why is the object nämä vanhat rattaat (these old cogwheels) in the nominative plural form rather than the partitive?
Because the action is complete and the object is a specific, whole quantity (a total object). When a total object is in the plural, it takes the nominative plural form (ending in -t). If he were just buying an undefined amount of old cogwheels, it would be in the partitive plural (näitä vanhoja rattaita).
Kokenut looks like a past tense verb form. How is it functioning here?
It is the past active participle (the NUT-participle) of the verb kokea (to experience). At this level, you will often see these participles used just like normal adjectives. Here, it simply acts as an adjective describing the watchmaker.
How is the word varaosiksi formed from its root words?
It is a compound word made of vara (spare, reserve) and osa (part). To make it plural translative, we add the plural marker -i- and the translative ending -ksi, giving us varaosiksi. Notice that the final -a in osa is dropped when the plural -i- is added.
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