Breakdown of Tämä toinen auto kuluttaa paljon enemmän.
tämä
this
auto
car
paljon
a lot
toinen
other, another; second
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
kuluttaa
to consume
Questions & Answers about Tämä toinen auto kuluttaa paljon enemmän.
Why is toinen used for 'other' in this sentence instead of muu?
Toinen is used when referring to a specific alternative, like 'the other one' out of a small, defined group (often two). If you used muu, it would imply a completely different kind of car, or 'other cars' in a more general, open-ended sense.
Doesn't toinen also mean 'second'?
Yes! Toinen acts as both the pronoun for 'other/another' and the ordinal number 'second'. In many contexts, like comparing two vehicles, the meanings overlap perfectly: 'this second car' and 'this other car' refer to the exact same thing.
Why do we have both paljon and enemmän next to each other?
Just like in English, you can use paljon (a lot / much) to emphasize a comparative word. Since enemmän is the comparative form meaning 'more', paljon enemmän simply translates to 'a lot more'.
Could I use enempi instead of enemmän here?
No, because here 'more' describes how the car performs the action of the verb kuluttaa (consumes), so you need the adverb form enemmän. You would use the adjective form enempi if 'more' was directly describing a noun.
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