Breakdown of Pidän tästä dinosauruksesta enemmän kuin tuosta.
tämä
this
tuo
that
pitää
to like
kuin
than / before (in 'ennen kuin') / like / as
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
dinosaurus
dinosaur
Questions & Answers about Pidän tästä dinosauruksesta enemmän kuin tuosta.
Why is the word for "more" enemmän instead of having a regular comparative ending?
enemmän is the irregular comparative form of paljon (much / a lot). Just like in English where "much" becomes "more", Finnish completely changes the stem of this word instead of adding a standard comparative suffix.
Why do the words for "this dinosaur" end in -sta (tästä dinosauruksesta)?
The verb pitää (to like) requires the object you like to be in the elative case (usually ending in -sta or -stä). Both the pronoun tämä (this) and the noun dinosaurus must take this ending.
Why does the sentence end with tuosta instead of the basic form tuo (that)?
When comparing two things with kuin (than), both sides of the comparison must be in the same grammatical case. Since the first dinosaur is in the elative case (tästä dinosauruksesta), the second one must also be in the elative case (tuosta).
How does the word dinosaurus turn into dinosauruksesta?
Many Finnish words ending in -us change that ending to -ukse- when forming their stem. To make the elative case, you take that stem (dinosaurukse-) and add the -sta ending.
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