Breakdown of Tämä koneisto on liian vanha.
tämä
this
olla
to be
vanha
old
liian
too (excessively)
koneisto
machinery
Questions & Answers about Tämä koneisto on liian vanha.
How is the word koneisto formed in this sentence?
It uses the collective suffix -sto. It is built from the root word kone (machine). While kone refers to a single machine, adding -sto turns it into a collective noun meaning machinery, mechanism, or apparatus.
Why is there an 'i' in koneisto instead of it just being 'konesto'?
When adding the -sto or -stö suffix to a noun that ends in -e, the final -e changes to an -i before the suffix is applied. Therefore, kone becomes koneisto.
Why does the suffix take the form -sto and not -stö here?
This is due to vowel harmony. The root word kone contains a back vowel (o). The presence of a back vowel means the suffix must also use back vowels, making it -sto.
Why is the adjective vanha in the nominative case instead of the partitive (vanhaa)?
Even though koneisto refers to a collection of parts, grammatically it is treated as a regular, countable singular noun (a single piece of machinery). Because it is countable, the describing adjective vanha stays in the nominative case.
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