Breakdown of Minä haluan enemmän palautetta.
minä
I
haluta
to want
palaute
feedback
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
Questions & Answers about Minä haluan enemmän palautetta.
Why does the word for 'more' end in -mmän instead of the -mmin suffix from this lesson?
The word enemmän means 'more' and is the comparative form of paljon (a lot). Just like in English, this word is highly irregular. It does not use the standard -mmin ending that regular adverbs take.
Why is the word palaute (feedback) in the partitive case (palautetta)?
There are two reasons here that both point to the same rule! First, feedback is an uncountable mass noun, and objects of the verb haluta (to want) take the partitive if they are uncountable. Second, words expressing a quantity, including comparative words like enemmän, require the noun they quantify to be in the partitive case.
How is the partitive form palautetta made from the basic word palaute?
Nouns ending in -e belong to a specific word type. To form their partitive, you do not just add -a or -ä. Instead, you must add -tta or -ttä. That is why palaute becomes palautetta.