Breakdown of Pidän enemmän toisesta muodosta, koska toinen on liian kulmikas.
olla
to be
koska
because
pitää
to like
toinen
other, another; second
Questions & Answers about Pidän enemmän toisesta muodosta, koska toinen on liian kulmikas.
How does the "toinen ... toinen" structure work in this sentence?
The structure toinen ... toinen translates to "one ... the other". Notice that they do not have to be in the same case. The first one, toisesta, is in the elative case because of the verb pidän, while the second one, toinen, is in the basic nominative case because it is the subject of the second clause.
Why do both toinen and muoto get the -sta ending in the first part?
The verb pitää (to like) always requires the thing being liked to be in the elative case (-sta/-stä). When you have a pronoun modifying a noun, they must match cases. So both the pronoun toinen and the noun muoto take the elative ending, becoming toisesta muodosta.
How does the word enemmän fit into the phrase meaning "prefer"?
In Finnish, there isn't a single everyday verb for "to prefer". Instead, you pair the verb pitää (to like) with the adverb enemmän (more). Literally, you are saying "I like from the one shape more".
The word kulmikas (angular) ends in -kas. What does this suffix do?