Breakdown of Kumpi maku miellyttää sinua enemmän?
sinä
you
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
kumpi
which (of two)
maku
the flavor
Questions & Answers about Kumpi maku miellyttää sinua enemmän?
Why use kumpi instead of mikä for "which"?
The pronoun kumpi is used specifically when choosing between exactly two options. By asking kumpi maku, the speaker implies there are only two flavors available. If there were three or more flavors, they would ask mikä maku.
Why is the word for "you" in the partitive case (sinua)?
The verb miellyttää (to please) is an emotion verb, and it requires its object to be in the partitive case. It describes an ongoing feeling rather than a physical action with a completed endpoint.
What is the base word for enemmän?
Enemmän is the comparative form of paljon (much or a lot). While it looks quite different from its base word, it is the standard, irregular way to say "more" as an adverb in Finnish.
Could I say "Kummasta mausta pidät enemmän?" to mean the same thing?
Yes! That means "Which flavor do you like more?" In that version, you are the subject and the verb is pitää (to like), which requires the thing being liked to be in the elative case (kummasta mausta). The original sentence uses kumpi maku as the subject that is doing the pleasing.