Breakdown of Miksaus on valmis, joten voimme siirtyä studiosta kauemmas.
olla
to be
valmis
ready
voida
can, to be able to
kaukana
far away
siirtyä
to move (oneself)
joten
so, therefore
studio
studio
miksaus
mix
Questions & Answers about Miksaus on valmis, joten voimme siirtyä studiosta kauemmas.
How is kauemmas (further away) formed using the comparative stems from this lesson?
The base directional word for moving "far away" is kauas. To make it comparative, we use the weak comparative stem -mma-, giving us the base kauemma-. Then we add the special directional ending -s used for many adverbs, resulting in kauemmas (moving to a place further away). Note that you will also commonly hear kauemmaksi (using the translative case), which means the exact same thing.
If kauemmas means moving to a place further away, how would I say we are already "further away" or coming "from further away"?
When expressing static location (at a place) or origin (from a place), you use the strong grade comparative stem -mpa- instead of -mma-. "We are further away" is olemme kauempana (using the locational -na ending). "We come from further away" is tulemme kauempaa (using the origin -a ending).
Why is studio in the elative case (studiosta)?
The verb siirtyä means "to move", "to transfer", or "to shift". Because the speakers are moving out of or away from the studio, the noun takes a "from" case. A studio is an enclosed physical room, so we use the internal "out of" case (-sta) rather than the external "off of" case (-lta).
The word miksaus looks like an English loanword. How is that noun formed?
It is a loanword! It comes from the Finnish verb miksata (to mix audio). The -us / -ys suffix is a very common way to turn a verb into a noun. It translates the action of the verb into a concept or result, so miksaus means "the mix" or "the process of mixing".
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