Breakdown of Tietokone on nopeampi vakaammalla suorittimella, isommalla muistilla ja paremmalla liitännällä.
olla
to be
ja
and
iso
big
hyvä
good
tietokone
computer
nopea
fast (adjective)
suoritin
the processor
vakaa
stable
muisti
the memory
liitäntä
the connection
Questions & Answers about Tietokone on nopeampi vakaammalla suorittimella, isommalla muistilla ja paremmalla liitännällä.
Why do the adjectives vakaammalla, isommalla, and paremmalla have a double 'm' instead of the 'mp' seen in nopeampi?
This is the core rule for adding case endings to comparatives. The basic comparative ending is -mpi (as seen in the nominative nopeampi). But when you add a case ending like the adessive -lla (meaning 'with'), consonant gradation changes the strong -mpi into the weak stem -mma- or -mmä-. So, isompi becomes isommalla.
Where does the word paremmalla come from?
It comes from hyvä (good). Just like in English, the comparative form of 'good' is completely irregular: parempi (better). When we put it in the adessive case to mean 'with a better...', the -mpi ending changes to the weak stem -mma-, resulting in paremmalla.
Why does paremmalla take the back-vowel ending -lla while the noun it matches, liitännällä, takes the front-vowel ending -llä?
Adjectives must match their noun in case, but they follow their own vowel harmony rules based on their own letters. The comparative stem of parempi is parempa-, which contains the back vowel a. Therefore, it must take the back-vowel ending -lla, even though the noun it modifies contains front vowels and takes -llä.
Why is nopeampi the only comparative adjective here that doesn't change its stem?
Nopeampi (faster) is in the basic nominative case because it is simply stating what the computer is. The other adjectives describe what the computer is faster with, so they are in the adessive case. The nominative form keeps the basic -mpi ending, while adding the adessive -lla ending triggers the stem change to -mma-.
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