Breakdown of Valitsemme terveellisimmän ruoan, jotta laihdut.
ruoka
food
valita
to choose
jotta
so that / in order to
terveellinen
healthy
laihtua
to lose weight
Questions & Answers about Valitsemme terveellisimmän ruoan, jotta laihdut.
What is the difference between using jotta and että in this sentence?
Jotta expresses the purpose or goal of the action, meaning 'so that' or 'in order that'. If you used että (that), it would just introduce a statement of fact, which wouldn't make sense here. We choose the food with the specific intention that you lose weight, so jotta is required.
Why are the words for 'the healthiest food' written as terveellisimmän ruoan with an -n at the end?
They are the object of the verb valitsemme (we choose). Because we are choosing a specific, complete entity, the object takes the genitive-accusative -n ending. The describing adjective must always match the noun's case, so both the superlative terveellisin and the noun ruoka get the -n suffix.
How does the superlative terveellisin physically change into terveellisimmän?
When you add an ending to a superlative that ends in -in (like terveellisin), the stem changes. The -in part becomes -imma- or -immä-. Then you add the case ending, which in this sentence is the -n, resulting in terveellisimmän.
Why use the verb laihdut instead of laihdutat for losing weight?
Laihtua is an intransitive verb meaning 'to lose weight' (the change happens naturally to the subject). Laihduttaa is a transitive verb meaning 'to make someone lose weight' or 'to actively diet'. Since the sentence is about your body physically losing the weight as a result of the healthy food, we use the intransitive verb laihtua, which becomes laihdut for 'you'.
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