Breakdown of Päivä ei enää lyhene, mutta sää viilenee.
mutta
but
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
enää
anymore
päivä
day
sää
the weather
viiletä
to cool down
lyhetä
to get shorter
Questions & Answers about Päivä ei enää lyhene, mutta sää viilenee.
How do we get the form viilenee?
The dictionary form is viiletä, which is a Type 6 verb. To find the stem, you drop the -etä ending and add -ene-, giving you the stem viilene-. For the third-person singular (he/she/it), you lengthen the final vowel of the stem, resulting in viilenee.
Why is it ei lyhene with a single -e, but viilenee has a double -ee?
Because ei lyhene is negative, and viilenee is affirmative. The present negative form is just the verb's stem without any personal endings. The stem of lyhetä is lyhene-, so the negative is ei lyhene. The affirmative third-person singular doubles the final vowel of the stem, giving us viilenee.
Are the verbs lyhetä and viiletä related to the adjectives lyhyt (short) and viileä (cool)?
Yes! Type 6 verbs very often describe a change of state, meaning "to become [adjective]". This makes them quite predictable: lyhyt becomes lyhetä (to get shorter), and viileä becomes viiletä (to get cool).
Why is enää used for "anymore" here instead of a word like enempää?
In negative sentences, enää is specifically used to mean "anymore" or "any longer" regarding time or continuation (a state that was true but is now stopping). A word like enempää translates to "more" but is used for physical or measurable quantities, like not wanting any more food.
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