Breakdown of Tietokone on nopeampi vakaammalla suorittimella, isommalla muistilla ja paremmalla liitännällä.
olla
to be
ja
and
iso
big
hyvä
good
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?