ylläpitäkö
Ylläpitäkö is a Finnish verb form derived from the verb ylläpitää, meaning “to maintain” or “to keep up.” The form is produced by adding the question particle -kö/-kö to the present-tense form of ylläpitää. The particle signals a yes–no question, while the person and number are determined by the conjugated verb that precedes it. In other words, -kö itself carries no lexical meaning; it simply marks a question.
As a grammatical construction, ylläpitäkö can appear with different subjects depending on context. For example, with
- yleisessä kielenkäytössä ylläpitäkö occurs mainly in written or formal dialogue, or when emphasizing the act of
- The word forms inflect for person and number just like other present-tense verb forms; -kö does
- Related terms include ylläpito (maintenance) and other verb-question constructions using -ko/-kö, such as pitäisikö or mitäkö.
See also: Finnish verb conjugation, question particle, maintenance terminology (ylläpito).
This entry treats ylläpitäkö as a standard Finnish grammatical form used to pose questions about maintenance