Breakdown of Muoti on niin nopea, että mikään trendi ei pysy kauan suosittuna.
olla
to be
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
niin
so
että
that (conjunction)
mikään
anything, nothing (with negation)
pysyä
to stay (remain in a state or position)
nopea
fast (adjective)
kauan
for a long time
trendi
trend
suosittu
popular
muoti
fashion
Questions & Answers about Muoti on niin nopea, että mikään trendi ei pysy kauan suosittuna.
Why does suosittu (popular) end in -na (suosittuna)?
This is the essive case ending. The verb pysyä (to stay or remain) requires the word describing the state you are staying in to be in the essive case. Therefore, "stays popular" must be pysy suosittuna.
Why is mikään used here to mean "no" trend?
Mikään is the nominative (basic) form of the negative pronoun used for things. Because the trend is the subject of the clause and the verb is negative (ei pysy), mikään trendi translates to "no trend". If you were talking about a person instead of a thing, you would use kukaan (nobody).
Is niin ... että a common grammatical structure?
Yes, it works exactly like "so ... that" in English. You use niin + an adjective + että to show cause and effect. In this sentence, fashion is so fast that (niin nopea, että) trends don't last.
Why do we use the word kauan for "long" instead of pitkä?
Pitkä is an adjective used to describe a noun (like a long road or a long movie). Kauan is an adverb that specifically means "for a long time". Because it is describing the verb pysy (staying for a long time), you must use the adverb kauan.
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