Breakdown of On totta, että huutajistammekin löytyy keräilijöitä.
olla
to be
että
that (conjunction)
tosi
true
-kin
also / too (suffix)
Questions & Answers about On totta, että huutajistammekin löytyy keräilijöitä.
Why is the subject keräilijöitä at the end of the clause instead of before the verb?
This is an existential clause, which uses a Location + Verb + Subject word order. While this lesson focuses on Verb-Subject inversion after a quotation, existential clauses also invert the standard order to introduce new information at the end. Here, the location is huutajistammekin (among our bidders) and the new information is keräilijöitä (collectors).
Can you break down all the suffixes attached to the word huutajistammekin?
It is built from a root and four suffixes: huutaja (bidder) + -i- (plural) + -sta- (elative case meaning out of or among) + -mme (possessive suffix our) + -kin (clitic meaning also or too).
Why use the verb löytyy instead of the passive löydetään for 'can be found'?
Löytyä is an automative verb meaning to be found or to turn up naturally, without focusing on who is looking. While the passive löydetään implies someone is actively searching, löytyy is the natural Finnish way to simply say that something exists or is present in a certain place.
Why is keräilijöitä in the partitive case?
In existential sentences, plural subjects take the partitive case when they represent an undefined or open-ended amount. It translates to 'some collectors' rather than a specific, known group, which would use the nominative keräilijät.