Breakdown of Opit kieltä nopeasti opiskelemalla kielioppia.
oppia
to learn
nopeasti
fast
opiskella
to study
kieli
language
kielioppi
the grammar
Questions & Answers about Opit kieltä nopeasti opiskelemalla kielioppia.
How does opiskelemalla translate to "by studying"?
Opiskelemalla is the third infinitive adessive form of the verb opiskella (to study). You form it by taking the strong stem opiskele-, adding the third infinitive marker -ma-, and then the adessive case ending -lla. In Finnish, this structure translates to "by doing" something, showing the method or means used to achieve a result.
Why is the word for grammar in the partitive case (kielioppia)?
The verb opiskella (to study) usually requires its object to be in the partitive case because studying is considered an ongoing process. Even though the verb here is in the third infinitive form (opiskelemalla), it still governs its object's case just like a conjugated main verb would.
Why is the main object kieltä also in the partitive case?
The verb oppia (to learn) can take either a partitive or a total object. Here, kieltä is partitive because the sentence describes a general, ongoing process of learning rather than the completed action of learning an entire language perfectly.
How do we get the adverb nopeasti from the adjective nopea?
Nopeasti is an adverb meaning "fast" or "quickly". You create it by taking the adjective nopea (fast) and adding the standard adverb ending -sti, which works very much like adding "-ly" to an adjective in English.
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