Breakdown of Tilaston mukaan enemmistön osuus kasvaa.
kasvaa
to grow
mukaan
according to
tilasto
statistic
enemmistö
majority
osuus
proportion
Questions & Answers about Tilaston mukaan enemmistön osuus kasvaa.
How does the word osuus relate to the lesson's focus on fractions and the word osa?
The word osa means 'part' and is used to form fractions like kolmasosa (a third). Osuus is a derivative that translates to 'share' or 'proportion'. While osa is just a physical or abstract piece of something, osuus specifically refers to a relative amount out of a whole, which is exactly what a statistic measures here.
Why is tilasto in the genitive case (tilaston) here?
It is driven by the word mukaan (according to). Mukaan is a postposition, and most postpositions in Finnish require the noun they follow to be in the genitive case. So, tilasto (statistic) becomes tilaston.
The word enemmistö looks related to the word for 'more'. How is it constructed?
It is built from the comparative root for 'more' (enem-) plus the collective suffix -istö. This suffix is used to group things or people together, like how henkilö (person) becomes henkilöstö (personnel). Thus, the 'more' group becomes enemmistö (the majority). Here it takes the genitive -n because it is 'the majority's' share.
Can the verb kasvaa be used for both numbers and physical things?
Yes! While we might use 'increase' for statistics and 'grow' for plants or children in English, Finnish uses kasvaa naturally for both abstract numbers and physical growth.
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