Breakdown of Pidin tästä kohtauksesta, vaikka sen juoni oli lapsimainen.
tämä
this
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
pitää
to like
kohtaus
the scene
vaikka
although / even though
juoni
plot
lapsimainen
childish
Questions & Answers about Pidin tästä kohtauksesta, vaikka sen juoni oli lapsimainen.
What exactly does the suffix -mainen add to the word lapsi?
The suffix -mainen (or -mäinen) turns a noun into an adjective meaning resembling or having the characteristics of that noun. Here, attaching it to lapsi (child) creates lapsimainen, meaning childlike or childish, much like adding -like or -ish in English.
Is there a difference between lapsimainen and the word lapsellinen?
Yes, there is a helpful difference in nuance. Lapsellinen is often more negative, specifically meaning immature or silly. Lapsimainen is generally more neutral, simply meaning it resembles a child's world. When describing a plot like in this sentence, lapsimainen means the story felt like a child's tale, whereas lapsellinen would complain that it was immature.
Why is the word kohtaus in the elative case (-sta) here?
The verb pitää (when it means to like) always requires the thing being liked to be in the elative case. To form this, the noun kohtaus (scene) changes to its stem kohtaukse- before adding the -sta ending, resulting in kohtauksesta.
What is the root of the word kohtaus?
It derives from the verb kohdata (to meet or encounter). Adding the noun-forming suffix -us creates kohtaus, which can mean an encounter, a medical attack, or in the context of a movie or play, a scene.
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