Breakdown of Tehokkaammalla suorittimella tietokone on paljon nopeampi.
olla
to be
paljon
a lot
tietokone
computer
nopea
fast (adjective)
tehokas
powerful / efficient
suoritin
the processor
Questions & Answers about Tehokkaammalla suorittimella tietokone on paljon nopeampi.
How do we get the form tehokkaammalla from its base adjective?
The base adjective is tehokas (efficient/powerful). Its comparative form is tehokkaampi (more powerful). To add the adessive case ending -lla, we need the inflectional stem. For comparatives, the stem ends in either -mpa- or -mma-. Here, it becomes tehokkaamma-, giving us tehokkaammalla.
Why does the stem use -mma- instead of -mpa- in tehokkaammalla?
This is due to consonant gradation. The case ending -lla closes the final syllable (the syllable ends in a consonant). When a comparative adjective's stem ends in a closed syllable, the strong -mpa- weakens to -mma-. If the syllable were open (like in the illative case -mpaan), it would stay strong as -mpa-.
Why are tehokkaammalla and suorittimella in the adessive (-lla) case here?
The adessive case is often used to express "with" or "by means of" (an instrument or tool). In Finnish, you don't use a separate preposition for this; instead, you put both the noun (suoritin) and the adjective modifying it (tehokkaampi) into the adessive case.
What is the base form of suorittimella and how does its stem change?
The base form is suoritin (processor). Nouns ending in -in are very common for tools and devices. When you add case endings to them, the -in changes to the stem -ime-. Notice the consonant gradation as well: the single t in suoritin strengthens to a double tt in the stem suorittime-.
Why is nopeampi in the nominative case instead of the partitive?
When an adjective describes a subject using the verb olla (to be), it must match the subject's case. Here, the subject is tietokone (a single, countable noun in the nominative), so the comparative nopeampi is also in the nominative. If the subject were an uncountable mass noun (like kahvi), you would use the partitive form (nopeampaa).
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