Breakdown of Jokin muu lisävaruste voisi olla parempi tähän.
tämä
this
olla
to be
muu
other, else
voida
can, to be able to
Questions & Answers about Jokin muu lisävaruste voisi olla parempi tähän.
Why does this sentence use muu instead of toinen for "other"?
The pronoun muu is used when you mean a different kind of thing or an alternative. toinen is usually used when talking about "another one" of the exact same kind, or "the other" of a specific pair. Here, the speaker is suggesting a different type of accessory altogether, making muu the natural choice.
I often see joku for "some". Why is it jokin here?
In standard Finnish, jokin is used for inanimate objects and things, while joku is used for people. Because lisävaruste (accessory) is a thing, jokin is grammatically correct. However, keep in mind that in casual spoken Finnish, people often just use joku for both!
Why is "for this" translated with tähän, which is the "into" form of tämä?
When talking about something fitting, suiting, or being an attachment for an object, Finnish commonly uses the illative case (the "into" case). Saying an accessory is parempi tähän literally means it is "better into this", picturing the accessory attaching to or fitting the main object.
Why doesn't the verb olla change form to match the subject?