Breakdown of Tykkään sähköautosta, koska se on hiljaisempi kuin traktori.
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
koska
because
hiljainen
quiet
tykätä
to like (colloquial)
kuin
than / like / as (also in "before …")
traktori
tractor
sähköauto
electric car
Questions & Answers about Tykkään sähköautosta, koska se on hiljaisempi kuin traktori.
How do we form the "quieter than" comparison in this sentence?
We use the comparative form of the adjective (hiljaisempi) followed by kuin ("than"). The thing it is compared to (traktori) stays in the basic nominative form here.
How is the word hiljaisempi (quieter) formed from the basic adjective?
The base word for "quiet" is hiljainen. In Finnish, words ending in -nen change that ending to -se- before adding grammatical markers. Adding the comparative ending -mpi gives us hiljai- + -se- + -mpi = hiljaisempi.
Why does "electric car" have the ending -sta in sähköautosta?
This is a strict rule tied to the verb tykätä (to like). It requires the thing you like to be in the elative case, meaning you must add -sta or -stä. You can think of it as literally saying "I like from the electric car".
What is the literal breakdown of the word sähköauto?
It is a compound word made of sähkö (electricity) and auto (car). In Finnish, compound words are written together as a single word rather than with a space.
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