Breakdown of Onko tuo arvostettu kriitikko ravintolassa?
olla
to be
tuo
that
ravintola
restaurant
kriitikko
the critic
arvostettu
esteemed (highly regarded)
Questions & Answers about Onko tuo arvostettu kriitikko ravintolassa?
How would I say "Is that one of the most esteemed critics in the restaurant?" using this lesson's grammar?
To use the "one of the..." construction, you need yksi followed by the elative plural (-ista/-istä). The adjective arvostettu becomes the superlative plural arvostetuimmista, and the noun kriitikko becomes kriitikoista. The sentence would be: Onko tuo yksi arvostetuimmista kriitikoista ravintolassa?
What type of word is arvostettu?
It acts as an adjective here meaning "esteemed," but it is actually formed from the verb arvostaa (to value, to appreciate). Specifically, it's the past passive participle (often called the TU-participle). It literally describes someone who "has been valued" or "is appreciated" by people in general.
Could the word order be Onko ravintolassa tuo arvostettu kriitikko? instead?
Yes, but it changes the focus. The original sentence Onko tuo arvostettu kriitikko ravintolassa? uses standard word order to ask a neutral question about the critic's location. If you say Onko ravintolassa..., you make the location the main focus, meaning something closer to "Is there an esteemed critic in the restaurant?"
Is kriitikko subject to consonant gradation, even though it's a loanword?
Yes, it is! While it appears here in the basic nominative case with a strong double -kk-, it weakens to a single -k- in most other cases. For example, "the critic's" (genitive case) would be kriitikon.
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