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When discussing your television habits, you will often want to state what you prefer to watch and whether a new show met your expectations.

### Active Preference: *mieluummin ... kuin*

To say that you would "rather" do one action "than" another, use the comparative adverb **mieluummin** paired with **kuin** (than). 

Place *mieluummin* after the first verb, and *kuin* directly before the alternative action.

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### The Outcome: *osoittautua*

To say that a series "turns out to be" a certain way, use the verb **osoittautua**. This verb governs the translative case, meaning the adjective or noun describing the outcome must take the **-ksi** ending.

For example, *koukuttava* (addictive) becomes *koukuttavaksi*:

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Similarly, *tylsä* (boring) becomes *tylsäksi*:

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This rule applies to nouns as well. If a season turned out to be a disappointment (*pettymys*), it takes the same **-ksi** ending to become *pettymykseksi*:

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### Combining Preferences and Outcomes

Once you are comfortable with both structures, you can build more descriptive sentences to explain *why* you prefer one genre over another.

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Active preference (mieluummin ... kuin)

adjective

adposition

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (tämä, tuo, se)

Singular personal pronouns (minä, sinä, hän)

Plural personal pronouns (me, te, he)

Plural demonstratives (nämä, nuo, ne)

Coordinating conjunctions (ja, mutta, tai)

Yes/no questions (-ko / -kö)

Basic question words (kuka, mikä, missä)

Negation of to be (en ole, ei ole)

The inessive case (-ssa / -ssä)

Double consonant gradation (kk, pp, tt)

Consonant gradation (-ssa/-ssä)

Verb Type 1 (puhun, puhut, puhuu)

Verb Type 1 with consonant gradation

Negative verbs (en puhu, et lue)

External location (-lla/-llä)

There is / there are (kaupungissa on)

Possession (minulla on)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yksi, kaksi, kolme)

The partitive singular (-a/-ä, -ta/-tä)

Quantities with numbers (kaksi autoa)

Negative possession (ei ole)

Numbers 11 to 100 and 1000

Partitive verbs

Partitive personal pronouns (minua, sinua)

Verb Type 2 (-da/-dä)

Partitive for mass nouns (-a/-ä, -ta/-tä)

Partitive for negative objects

Adjective agreement

Verb Type 3

The elative case (-sta/-stä)

Negative possession (minulla ei ole…)

The illative case (-Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Numbers 21 to 99

Static vs. movement verbs

Verb Type 4 (-Vta / -Vtä)

Verb Type 5 (-ita / -itä)

Genitive singular for possession (-n)

Total object (-n)

Accusative personal pronouns (-t)

Obligation (täytyy)

Into places (-Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Postpositions with the genitive

My and your (-ni, -si)

Onto and to someone (-lle)

From someone or somewhere (-lta, -ltä)

Telling time (kello on...)

Months of the year (-ssa, -ssä)

Days of the week (-na, -nä)

When and why (milloin, miksi)

The illative case (mihin, -Vn, -hVn, -seen)

Past tense of to be (olin, olit, oli)

The seasons (kevät, kesä, syksy, talvi)

The imperative mood (lue!, syö!, mene!)

The past tense of to be (olin, oli)

The illative case (-hVn, -seen)

Greetings and goodbyes (hei, näkemiin)

Thank you and sorry (kiitos, anteeksi)

Liking things (pitää / tykätä + -sta/-stä)

Temporary states and roles (-na/-nä)

Change of state (-ksi)

Ongoing actions (-massa/-mässä)

Going to do an action (-maan/-mään)

Returning from an action (-masta/-mästä)

Third-person possessives (-nsa/-nsä or -Vn)

Plural possessives (-mme, -nne)

Indefinite pronouns (joku, jokin, kaikki)

Negative indefinite pronouns (ei kukaan, ei mikään)

Commands for verb types 4 and 5

Adverb formation (-sti)

Past tense for verb type 1 (-i-)

Past tense vowel changes for verb type 1 (-o- / -i-)

Past tense for verb type 2 (-i-)

Past tense for verb type 3 (-i-)

Past tense for verb type 4 (-si-)

Past tense for verb type 5 (-itsi-)

Past tense consonant gradation

Past participles for verb types 1 and 2 (-nut / -nyt)

Past participle singular for verb types 3-5 (-nnut, -llut)

Active past participle plural (-neet)

Past tense negative (en mennyt, emme olleet)

The perfect tense (olen ollut)

The perfect tense negative (en ole nähnyt)

Total plural objects (-t)

Partitive plural (-ia / -iä)

Partitive plural (-ja / -jä)

Question	Answer
to stream	suoratoistaa
crime series	rikossarja
I would rather stream this crime series than sleep.	Suoratoistan mieluummin tämän rikossarjan kuin nukun.
to binge-watch	ahmia
I would rather binge-watch comedy than watch the news.	Ahmin mieluummin komediaa kuin katson uutisia.
series	sarja
addictive	koukuttava
The new series turned out to be surprisingly addictive.	Uusi sarja osoittautui yllättävän koukuttavaksi.
episode	jakso
I'm not streaming the first episode because it turned out to be boring.	En suoratoista ensimmäistä jaksoa, koska se osoittautui tylsäksi.
binge-watching session	katselumaraton
The binge-watching session turned out to be fun, which surprised me.	Katselumaraton osoittautui hauskaksi, mikä yllätti minut.
season	kausi
entertaining	viihdyttävä
I would rather watch the whole season at once, which is entertaining.	Katson mieluummin koko kauden kerralla, mikä on viihdyttävää.
Would you rather stream drama than binge-watch this crime series?	Suoratoistatko mieluummin draamaa kuin ahmit tätä rikossarjaa?
The second season of the series turned out to be a disappointment due to the bad script.	Sarjan toinen kausi osoittautui pettymykseksi huonon käsikirjoituksen vuoksi.
This entertaining episode feels short.	Tämä viihdyttävä jakso tuntuu lyhyeltä.
The addictive series turns out to be interesting.	Koukuttava sarja osoittautuu kiinnostavaksi.
A binge-watching session on the weekend sounds awesome.	Katselumaraton viikonloppuna kuulostaa mahtavalta.
science fiction series	tieteissarja
tedious	pitkäveteinen
The science fiction series turned out to be tedious, so I would rather stream a crime series than that.	Tieteissarja osoittautui pitkäveteiseksi, joten suoratoistan mieluummin rikossarjaa kuin sitä.
I feel like binge-watching a drama rather than a science fiction series, because it turned out to be a disappointment.	Minun tekee mieli ahmia mieluummin draamaa kuin tieteissarjaa, koska se osoittautui pettymykseksi.
The old crime series turned out to be addictive, whereas the new science fiction series turned out to be tedious, so I would rather watch that than this.	Vanha rikossarja osoittautui koukuttavaksi, uusi tieteissarja taas pitkäveteiseksi, joten katson mieluummin sitä kuin tätä.
I would not have binge-watched the science fiction series rather than the comedy if the first episode had turned out to be tedious.	En olisi ahminut tieteissarjaa mieluummin kuin komediaa, jos ensimmäinen jakso olisi osoittautunut pitkäveteiseksi.