Me harjoittelemme ahkerammin ja edistymme nopeammin.
We practice more diligently and progress faster.
Breakdown of Me harjoittelemme ahkerammin ja edistymme nopeammin.
ja
and
me
we
nopeasti
fast
harjoitella
to practice
ahkera
hardworking
edistyä
to progress
Questions & Answers about Me harjoittelemme ahkerammin ja edistymme nopeammin.
How did we get the comparative forms ahkerammin and nopeammin?
To make an adverb comparative, you add the suffix -mmin to the inflectional stem of the word. The base adjective for diligent is ahkera, so more diligently becomes ahkerammin. The adjective for fast is nopea, so faster becomes nopeammin.
Why do we use nopeammin instead of the adjective comparative nopeampi?
Because we are describing how an action is performed, which requires an adverb. If we used nopeampi, it would be an adjective describing a noun, like in the phrase a faster car (nopeampi auto). Since we are describing the verb progressing, the adverb suffix -mmin is required.
What is the base form of harjoittelemme, and why does it have a double T?
The base verb is harjoitella (to practice). It is a type 3 verb. When we conjugate it, consonant gradation causes the single t in the base form to strengthen into a double tt, giving us the stem harjoittele- before adding the 'we' ending -mme.
How is the verb edistymme formed?
The base verb is edistyä (to progress or to advance), which is a type 1 verb. You drop the final -ä to get the vowel stem edisty-, and then add the personal suffix for 'we', which is -mme.
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