Breakdown of Koska opiskelija puhuu sujuvasti, hän edistyy nopeammin.
hän
he / she
koska
because
opiskelija
student
puhua
to speak
nopeasti
fast
sujuvasti
fluently
edistyä
to progress
Questions & Answers about Koska opiskelija puhuu sujuvasti, hän edistyy nopeammin.
How is nopeammin formed?
It comes from the adjective nopea (fast). To make an adverb comparative (meaning "faster" or "more quickly"), you take the stem nopea- and add the suffix -mmin, resulting in nopeammin.
Why does sujuvasti end in -sti instead of -mmin?
Sujuvasti is the regular adverb form meaning "fluently". If we wanted to say "more fluently", we would take the stem sujuva- and use the comparative suffix -mmin to make sujuvammin.
What is the dictionary form of the verb edistyy?
The base form is edistyä (to progress, to advance). Because the subject is hän (he/she), we use the third-person singular form where the final vowel doubles: edistyy.
I remember koska meaning "when". Why does it mean "because" here?
Koska is a word with two common meanings. At the start of a question, it means "when" (like "Koska opiskelija puhuu?" - When does the student speak?). But when it connects two parts of a statement like in this sentence, it means "because".
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