Word
Voit katsoa elokuvan paremmalla kuvanlaadulla.
Meaning
You can watch the movie with better picture quality.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Voit katsoa elokuvan paremmalla kuvanlaadulla.
hyvä
good
katsoa
to watch
elokuva
movie
voida
can, to be able to
Questions & Answers about Voit katsoa elokuvan paremmalla kuvanlaadulla.
How do we get the form paremmalla from the dictionary word for better?
The dictionary form for better is parempi. When adding case endings, the basic stem is parempa-. However, adding the adessive ending -lla closes the final syllable. This triggers consonant gradation, which weakens the strong -mp- to a weak -mm-. That gives us the weak stem paremma-, resulting in paremmalla.
Since katsoa often takes the partitive case, why is elokuvan in the genitive-accusative form here?
The verb katsoa takes the partitive when the action is ongoing or incomplete. Using the total object form elokuvan implies that you can watch the entire movie from beginning to end, rather than just watching a portion of it.
Why does the sentence use the adessive ending -lla on kuvanlaadulla to mean with picture quality?
While English uses the preposition with to describe features or tools used for an action, Finnish typically uses the adessive case (-lla or -llä) to express the instrument or method. Therefore, with picture quality simply translates directly into the adessive form kuvanlaadulla.
Why does the t in kuvanlaatu change to a d in kuvanlaadulla?