Breakdown of Tämäkin näyttely on kiinnostava.
tämä
this
olla
to be
näyttely
exhibition
-kin
also / too (suffix)
Questions & Answers about Tämäkin näyttely on kiinnostava.
Why is the -kin ending attached to Tämä instead of being a separate word for "also"?
In Finnish, "also" or "too" is usually expressed with the ending -kin instead of a separate word. It attaches directly to the word you want to emphasize. Here, Tämäkin means "This one too" (in addition to another exhibition we might have just talked about).
Could I attach -kin to the word näyttely instead?
Yes, you could say Tämä näyttelykin on kiinnostava. That puts the emphasis slightly more on "the exhibition" as a whole rather than focusing on the word "this". However, in everyday speech, both mean "This exhibition is also interesting."
Why is kiinnostava in the basic nominative form instead of the partitive form kiinnostavaa?
Because näyttely (exhibition) is a concrete, countable noun. In "A is B" sentences, adjectives describing countable whole things stay in the basic nominative form. You only use the partitive if the subject is an uncountable mass noun or abstract concept, like in the sentence Taide on kiinnostavaa (Art is interesting).
How is the word kiinnostava (interesting) formed?
It comes from the verb kiinnostaa (to interest). You can turn verbs into adjectives by adding -va or -vä to the verb's stem. This creates an adjective that describes something doing the action. So, an exhibition that interests people becomes kiinnostava (interesting).