Breakdown of Tuleeko tästä sekaannuksesta iso riita?
tämä
this
iso
big
tulla
to become
riita
argument
sekaannus
mix-up
Questions & Answers about Tuleeko tästä sekaannuksesta iso riita?
Why are tästä and sekaannuksesta in the elative case (-sta/-stä)?
This sentence uses the common structure [elative] + tulla + [nominative] to express what results from something or what something turns into. It literally translates to "Will a big dispute come out of this mix-up?"
I remember learning that "becoming something" uses the translative case. Why is iso riita in the nominative here?
You might be thinking of verbs like muuttua (to turn into), which do take the translative. However, when you use the specific [elative] + tulla structure (just like Pojasta tuli lääkäri meaning "The boy became a doctor"), the end result (iso riita) must always be in the nominative case, while the starting material (tästä sekaannuksesta) takes the elative.
What is the base form of sekaannuksesta, and why does the stem change to include a "k"?
The nominative base form is sekaannus (mix-up or confusion). Nouns ending in -us or -ys typically change their final -s to -kse- when forming the stem for case endings. This gives us the stem sekaannukse-, to which the elative ending -sta is added.
This lesson focuses on epistemic stance infinitives (like tietääkseni). How could I use one here?
While this specific sentence doesn't contain one, you could easily add a word like käsittääkseni (as I understand it). Because these act as sentence adverbs, you just insert them to express your viewpoint. For example, changing this to a statement: Käsittääkseni tästä sekaannuksesta tulee iso riita (As I understand it, a big dispute will come from this mix-up).
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