Breakdown of Kasvu oli valtava ennusteisiin nähden.
olla
to be
kasvu
the growth
nähden
relative to
valtava
huge
ennuste
forecast
Questions & Answers about Kasvu oli valtava ennusteisiin nähden.
Why does nähden require the illative case (ennusteisiin) here?
The postposition nähden (meaning 'relative to' or 'in view of') always governs the illative case. You can remember this by thinking of its root, the verb nähdä (to see): it is historically the instructive form of the verb, so it carries the feeling of 'looking into' the forecasts.
How is the plural illative ennusteisiin formed from the base word ennuste?
Could I use verrattuna instead of nähden in this sentence?
Yes, you could say ennusteisiin verrattuna ('compared to the forecasts') and the meaning would be practically identical. Both nähden and verrattuna take the illative case. nähden often translates better to 'in relation to' or 'in view of', while verrattuna is strictly 'compared to', but they are very often interchangeable.
Why is the adjective valtava in the nominative case here rather than the partitive?
valtava is a predicative adjective describing the subject kasvu (growth). Although growth can feel like an uncountable concept, in Finnish economic or statistical contexts, kasvu is treated as a single, complete, countable entity (a specific instance of growth). Therefore, the adjective takes the nominative case.
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