Breakdown of Tämä on korkein vuori, ja täällä on kaunein näköala.
tämä
this
olla
to be
ja
and
täällä
here
kaunis
beautiful
korkea
high, tall
vuori
mountain
näköala
view
Questions & Answers about Tämä on korkein vuori, ja täällä on kaunein näköala.
How do we get korkein from the basic adjective korkea?
The basic word for high is korkea. To make the superlative highest, we add the suffix -in. When adding this suffix, the final vowel -a (or -ä) of the basic word drops away, so korkea becomes korkein.
The word for beautiful is kaunis. Why does it change so much to become kaunein?
Words ending in -is like kaunis have a stem ending in -ii-. To form the superlative, that long -ii- changes to an -e- before adding the -in ending. So, the stem kaunii- becomes kaune-, giving us kaunein (the most beautiful).
Why does the second part of the sentence use täällä instead of tämä?
The first part identifies a specific thing: This is... (Tämä on...). The second part describes what exists in a location: Here is... or In this place is.... In Finnish, to express that something is located somewhere, you use a location word like täällä (at this place) followed by the verb on.
Why is the word order täällä on kaunein näköala rather than kaunein näköala on täällä?
Starting with the location (täällä) makes this an existential sentence. This is the normal Finnish pattern to introduce that something exists in a certain place. If you swapped the order to kaunein näköala on täällä, it would heavily emphasize the location, meaning the most beautiful view is exactly here and nowhere else.
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