Breakdown of Uusi menetelmä toimii sujuvammin, mutta se kestää kauemmin.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
mutta
but
uusi
new
toimia
to function, to work / to act
kestää
to take time
sujuvasti
fluently
menetelmä
method
kauan
for a long time
Questions & Answers about Uusi menetelmä toimii sujuvammin, mutta se kestää kauemmin.
How do we form "sujuvammin" from the basic word for "smoothly"?
The basic adverb for smoothly is sujuvasti. To make the comparative form (more smoothly), you drop the -sti ending from the basic adverb and replace it with -mmin, giving us sujuvammin.
Is "kauemmin" formed the same regular way as "sujuvammin"?
Not quite! Kauemmin (longer) is the comparative form of the adverb kauan (for a long time). Because the base word doesn't end in -sti, it doesn't follow the standard rule. It is a very common irregular form that you just need to memorize.
I thought "kestää" meant "to endure" or "to break". Why does it mean "takes" here?
The verb kestää does mean to endure or to withstand, but when it is used with expressions of time, it means to last or to take time. So se kestää kauemmin translates literally as "it lasts longer".
Does the word "menetelmä" (method) have anything to do with the verb "mennä" (to go)?
Yes! It comes from the verb menetellä (to proceed or to act), which itself is built from mennä. A menetelmä is literally a way of proceeding, which perfectly describes what a method is.
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