Breakdown of Myymme tuotteita suurin määrin.
myydä
to sell
tuote
the product
suuri
large, great
määrä
amount
Questions & Answers about Myymme tuotteita suurin määrin.
Why do we use suurin määrin instead of the inessive case like suurissa määrissä?
While you could technically say suurissa määrissä, suurin määrin is an established, fixed phrase using the instructive case. The instructive case is frequently used in these kinds of set idiomatic phrases to describe the manner or extent to which something happens.
Wait, doesn't suurin mean "the biggest"? Why does it just mean "large" here?
They look exactly the same, but it's a coincidence! While suurin is the superlative "biggest" in the nominative singular, here it is the instructive plural of the basic adjective suuri (large). The plural stem of suuri is suuri-, and adding the instructive ending -n makes it suurin. Context tells you which one it is, since it's modifying another instructive plural word (määrin).
Why is there an -i- before the ending in both suurin and määrin?
The instructive case is almost exclusively used in the plural, which is indicated by the plural marker -i-. Because adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify in both number and case, both the adjective suuri and the noun määrä take this plural -i- before the instructive -n ending.
Why is tuotteita in the partitive plural rather than an accusative/total object case?
The verb myydä (to sell) takes a partitive object when the action applies to an indefinite, uncounted amount of things. Because the sentence refers to selling an ongoing, unspecified number of products rather than a specific, closed set, the partitive plural tuotteita is required.
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