Breakdown of Tuottavuus kasvaa nopeammin, jos käytämme hyvää menetelmää.
hyvä
good
kasvaa
to grow
nopeasti
fast
jos
if
käyttää
to use
tuottavuus
productivity
menetelmä
method
Questions & Answers about Tuottavuus kasvaa nopeammin, jos käytämme hyvää menetelmää.
How do we form the comparative adverb nopeammin?
The base adjective is nopea (fast). While the regular adverb is nopeasti (fast, quickly), the comparative adverb uses the suffix -mmin. You attach -mmin directly to the adjective's stem. So, nopea becomes nopeammin (faster).
Why are hyvää and menetelmää in the partitive case here?
The verb käyttää (to use) is a partitive verb, meaning it requires its object to always be in the partitive case. Because we are using a good method, both the adjective hyvä and the noun menetelmä must take the partitive ending -ä, becoming hyvää menetelmää.
The word tuottavuus looks related to the verb tuottaa (to produce). Are they connected?
Yes! Tuottavuus means productivity. It is created by taking the root of the verb tuottaa (to produce) and adding the suffix -vuus. Suffixes like -uus and -vuus are commonly used in Finnish to turn words into abstract nouns, just like the English endings -ity or -ness.
Why does the sentence say jos käytämme instead of jos me käytämme?
In Finnish, it is very common to drop the pronouns minä (I), sinä (you), me (we), and te (you all) because the verb ending already tells you exactly who is acting. The -mme ending on käytämme makes it clear that we are doing the action, so the word me isn't strictly needed here.
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