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Is it partitive for "pitää" (to like). We have learned that feelingverbs is part of partitive, like: "Rakastan sin/ua".
But not sure if it contains "pitää" to it
Is it partitive for "pitää" (to like). We have learned that feelingverbs is part of partitive, like: "Rakastan sin/ua".
But not sure if it contains "pitää" to it
But not sure if it contains "pitää" to it
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no, it's not. With "pitää" we use elative:
Pidän sinusta
= I like you
En pidä kahvista
= I don't like coffee
Pidätkö joulusta?
= Do you like Christmas?
The same goes for "tykätä"
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There are some cases where we use pitää + partitive but the meaning of "pitää" changes:
Pidän sinua kauniina
= I think you are beautiful (lit. I think of you as a beauty)
Pidätkö tuota sopivana käytöksenä?
= Do you consider that to be proper behaviour?
Pidän kauppaa auki kello kolmeen asti
= I'm keeping / I will keep the store open until three o'clock.
Tuo takki pitää sadetta
= That coat keeps the rain (is waterproof)
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