Breakdown of Jano tuntuu lohduttomassa yössä äärettömältä.
yö
night
tuntua
to feel
jano
thirst
lohduton
desolate
ääretön
infinite
Questions & Answers about Jano tuntuu lohduttomassa yössä äärettömältä.
How is the word lohduttomassa formed?
The base word is the caritive (lacking) adjective lohduton (desolate or comfortless). To add case endings to words ending in -ton or -tön, the stem changes to -ttoma- or -ttömä-. Here, we add the inessive ending -ssa (in) to the strong-grade stem lohduttoma- so that it matches the case of yössä (in the night).
Why is the word for infinite in the form äärettömältä?
What are the root nouns that these two adjectives are built from?
The suffix -ton / -tön means 'without' (like the English suffix '-less'). Lohduton comes from the noun lohtu (comfort or consolation), so it literally means 'comfortless'. Ääretön comes from the noun ääri (edge or boundary), making it 'boundless' or 'infinite'.
Why doesn't the verb tuntuu trigger the partitive case for the adjective here?
While many verbs trigger the partitive, verbs of perception (describing how things look, sound, taste, or feel) are a major exception. Verbs like tuntua, näyttää, and kuulostaa generally require the describing word to be in the ablative case (-lta / -ltä) or the allative case (-lle).
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