Increasing Change with Adjectives
To express continuous or progressive change in English, we often repeat a comparative (e.g., "older and older", "more and more frail").
In Finnish, you achieve this simply by placing the adverb yhä (increasingly / ever) directly before a single comparative adjective.
| As we age, we get older and older. | Kun me ikäännymme, olemme yhä vanhempia. |
| Middle age is an ever longer life stage. | Keski-ikä on yhä pidempi elämänvaihe. |
| The sick pensioner is more and more frail. | Sairas eläkeläinen on yhä hauraampi. |
Increasing Change with Adverbs
You can also pair yhä with comparative adverbs to describe how a transition or process unfolds over time—such as how quickly or slowly someone might age or become independent.
| Why do some people age faster and faster? | Miksi jotkut ihmiset ikääntyvät yhä nopeammin? |
| Young people become independent increasingly late. | Nuoret itsenäistyvät yhä myöhemmin. |
"More and More" with Yhä enemmän
One of the most common pairings for continuous change is yhä enemmän (more and more). You can use it to describe an increasing quantity of something (like stress or wrinkles), or to modify verbs that describe ongoing life processes.
| The face gets more and more wrinkles. | Kasvoille tulee yhä enemmän ryppyjä. |
| Father is turning grey, for he has more and more stress. | Isä harmaantuu, sillä hänellä on yhä enemmän stressiä. |
| Do you enjoy maturing more and more? | Nautitko yhä enemmän kypsymisestä? |
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