predikaatiksi

Predikaatiksi is a Finnish grammatical term that translates roughly to "as a predicate" or "in the predicate function." It refers to the role a word or phrase plays in a sentence when it describes or identifies the subject. In Finnish, this function is often fulfilled by a predicative case, most commonly the nominative or partitive case, depending on the verb and the nature of the predication. For example, in the sentence "Hän on opettaja" (He/She is a teacher), "opettaja" is in the nominative case and functions as the predikaatiksi, identifying what the subject "hän" is. If the verb implied a state or partitive quality, such as "Hänestä tuli opettaja" (He/She became a teacher), "opettaja" would still be in the nominative case as the predikaatiksi. The term predikaatiksi highlights the specific semantic and syntactic function of these elements within the sentence structure, distinguishing them from other uses of the same case. It is a fundamental concept in understanding Finnish sentence construction and verb complements.