Breakdown of Hän tutustuu maailman kauneimpaan vuoristoon.
hän
he / she
kaunis
beautiful
maailma
world
tutustua
to get to know
vuoristo
the mountain range
Questions & Answers about Hän tutustuu maailman kauneimpaan vuoristoon.
Why is kauneimpaan vuoristoon in the illative case?
The verb tutustuu (gets to know) comes from tutustua, which always requires its target to be in the illative case (the 'into' case). While in English you just 'get to know' a mountain range, in Finnish you get to know 'into' it.
How do we get the form kauneimpaan from the basic word for beautiful?
The base adjective is kaunis (beautiful). Its basic superlative form is kaunein (the most beautiful). When we add most case endings, the superlative stem becomes either -impa- or -imma-. Here, the base stem kaune- joins with -impa- and the illative ending -an to make kauneimpaan.
Why does the superlative stem use -impa- here instead of -imma-?
The -impa- stem is the strong grade. It is used when the case ending leaves the syllable open, such as before the long vowel of the illative ending -an. The weak grade -imma- is used when the ending closes the syllable with a consonant, like in the inessive case kauneimmassa (in the most beautiful).
What is the relationship between the words vuori and vuoristo?
The word vuori means a single mountain. The Finnish suffix -sto or -stö is used to group things together into a collection, so vuoristo means a mountain range.
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