Word
Tämä on paras näköala.
Meaning
This is the best view.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Tämä on paras näköala.
The lesson is about the superlative suffix -in. Why does paras not end in -in?
Paras is an irregular superlative. Just like English changes 'good' to 'best' instead of 'goodest', the Finnish word hyvä (good) completely changes to paras (best). It is the most common exception to the regular -in rule.
If paras is irregular, how do I add case endings to it?
When you need to add case endings, the stem for paras changes to parhaa-. For example, if you need to use the partitive case, it becomes parasta, and in the genitive case it is parhaan.
What words make up the compound word näköala?
It is made of näkö (sight or vision) and ala (area or field). Put together, a 'sight area' translates to a 'view' or 'scenery'.
Why isn't the partitive case used here for paras näköala?
This is a basic 'A is B' sentence. In these sentences, the noun after the verb on (is) stays in the basic nominative form if it is a single, countable thing. Since näköala is countable, both the noun and its adjective paras stay in the basic form.