kokonaisobjekti

kokonainen +‎ objekti

kokonaisobjekti

1. (grammar) total object (object that indicates completed action)

• In Finnish the total object is in accusative case and it is used in positive sentences in the following contexts. Negative sentences always require a partial onject:
  1. When the goal or result of the action has been indicated:

     Auta vanhus bussiin!

     Help the elderly person into the bus!

  2. When the sentence indicates that an action has been completed:

     Luen joka aamu lehden.

     I read the newspaper every morning.

  3. When the result of an action is emphasized rather the action itself:

     Koulu rakennettiin vuodessa.

     The school was built in a year.

  4. With the numeral one:

     Näin pöydällä vain yhden kirjan.

     I only saw one book on the table.

• For usage of the partial object, see osaobjekti.