Breakdown of On tärkeää, että päätelmä osoittautui paikkansapitäväksi.
olla
to be
tärkeä
important
että
that (conjunction)
osoittautua
to turn out to be
Questions & Answers about On tärkeää, että päätelmä osoittautui paikkansapitäväksi.
Why is tärkeää in the partitive case here instead of the nominative tärkeä?
In Finnish, when an adjective acts as the complement describing an abstract state or a whole clause (in this case, the että clause), it takes the partitive case. Because there is no concrete noun acting as the subject of the first clause, the nominative tärkeä would be incorrect.
Why is the word for "accurate" (paikkansapitäväksi) in the translative case (-ksi)?
The translative case is strictly required by the verb osoittautua (to turn out to be / to prove to be). Verbs expressing a change in state or someone/something "turning out" to be a certain way usually govern the translative case.
How is the word paikkansapitävä constructed?
It is a compound formed from paikka (place) plus the possessive suffix -nsa (its) plus pitävä (the present active participle of pitää, meaning "holding"). Literally translating to "holding its place", this is the standard Finnish idiom for saying a statement, fact, or conclusion holds true or is accurate.
What is the difference between päätelmä and the similar-looking word päätös?
Both words stem from the verb päättää, but they mean entirely different things. Päätös means a "decision" (choosing a course of action), whereas päätelmä specifically means a logical "conclusion" or "deduction" based on evidence.