Breakdown of Vierailija koski poniin, vaikka kielto koskee sitä!
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
vaikka
although / even though
kielto
ban
koskea
to concern / apply to
vierailija
visitor
poni
pony
Questions & Answers about Vierailija koski poniin, vaikka kielto koskee sitä!
Why does the word for pony take the illative case (poniin) in the first half of the sentence?
The verb koskea has different meanings depending on the case it governs (its rection). When it means 'to physically touch,' the target of the touch must be in the illative case (the 'into' case).
At the end of the sentence, why do we use the partitive sitä instead of the illative siihen?
In the second clause, koskee is used in its abstract meaning: 'to concern' or 'to apply to.' When koskea is used this way, it requires the partitive case. Even though sitä refers back to the same pony, the case changes because the meaning of koskea has changed.
Why is the past tense of koskea written as koski rather than something like 'koskei'?
For verbs ending in -ea or -eä (like koskea, lukea, or itkeä), the past tense (imperfect) is formed by dropping the final -a or -ä and changing the -e- to an -i-. This gives us koski for 'touched', whereas the present tense is koskee.
How is the word kielto formed?
It is formed from the verb kieltää, which means 'to forbid' or 'to deny.' The suffix -o is commonly used in Finnish to turn verbs into nouns, making kielto mean 'a ban' or 'a prohibition.'
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