Breakdown of Nautitko tämän kalliimman television kirkkaammasta näytöstä?
tämä
this
kallis
expensive
televisio
television
näyttö
screen (display, monitor)
nauttia
to enjoy
kirkas
bright (clear, luminous, colors)
Questions & Answers about Nautitko tämän kalliimman television kirkkaammasta näytöstä?
Why is the elative case (-sta/-stä) used for kirkkaammasta näytöstä?
The verb nauttia (to enjoy) requires the thing you are enjoying to be in the elative case. Even though English just says "enjoy the screen", Finnish phrasing essentially works like "enjoy from the screen".
How is the comparative word kalliimman formed here?
The base adjective is kallis (expensive), and its comparative is kalliimpi (more expensive). Because it must agree with the genitive noun television, it needs the -n ending. When you add a closed-syllable ending like -n, the comparative marker -mpi changes to its weak stem -mma-, giving us kalliimman.
How do we get from the dictionary word kirkas to kirkkaammasta?
The word kirkas (bright) becomes the comparative kirkkaampi (brighter). Because it describes näytöstä, it must also take the elative ending -sta. Adding this ending closes the syllable, so just like with the genitive case, the -mpi marker changes to the weak stem -mma-, resulting in kirkkaammasta.
Why are the first three words (tämän kalliimman television) all in the genitive case?
They are expressing possession. English says "the screen of this television", but Finnish phrases it as "this television's screen". The demonstrative pronoun tämä and the adjective kalliimpi must take the genitive ending to match the noun television.
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