Breakdown of Tiedätkö, että miksaus on parempi, kun kaiku on taempana?
olla
to be
tietää
to know
takana
behind
että
that (conjunction)
kun
when (conjunction)
parempi
better
miksaus
mix
kaiku
reverb
Questions & Answers about Tiedätkö, että miksaus on parempi, kun kaiku on taempana?
Where does the word taempana come from?
It is the comparative form of the location adverb takana (behind or at the back). To make location adverbs comparative, we use the -mpa- or -empa- stem. The root taka- undergoes consonant gradation (the k drops) and takes -empa- plus the location ending -na, creating taempana (further back).
Why does taempana end in -na?
Many static location adverbs use the essive case ending -na or -nä to show position (like takana or kotona). When we make these adverbs comparative, we keep that -na ending attached to the comparative stem to show it is still describing a static location.
Parempi (better) is also a comparative. Why doesn't it show the -mpa- or -mma- stem here?
Parempi is a comparative adjective in the basic nominative case, which always ends in -mpi. The -mpa- and -mma- stems you are learning only appear when you add case endings to a comparative word, or when you are building comparative adverbs like taempana.
Why are there commas before että and kun?
Finnish comma rules are stricter than in English. You must almost always place a comma before subordinate conjunctions like että (that) and kun (when) because they introduce a new clause with its own verb (miksaus on and kaiku on).
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