Word
Aiempaan myyntiin verrattuna tämä liikevaihto on paras.
Meaning
Compared to the earlier sales, this revenue is the best.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Aiempaan myyntiin verrattuna tämä liikevaihto on paras.
tämä
this
olla
to be
hyvä
good
aiempi
earlier
Questions & Answers about Aiempaan myyntiin verrattuna tämä liikevaihto on paras.
Why are aiempaan and myyntiin in the illative case here?
They are governed by the word verrattuna (compared to). The construction for "compared to X" in Finnish requires putting X into the illative case, followed by verrattuna.
What form of the verb is verrattuna exactly?
It is the essive case (-na) of the passive past participle (verrattu) of the verb verrata (to compare). Literally, it functions as "as a compared thing".
How do we get the illative form aiempaan from the base word aiempi (earlier)?
Comparative adjectives ending in -mpi have an inflectional stem ending in -mpa- or -mpä-. For aiempi, the stem is aiempa-, and adding the illative vowel lengthening plus -n gives us aiempaan.
What is the difference between myynti and liikevaihto in a business context?
Myynti refers broadly to "sales" or the act of selling. Liikevaihto translates specifically to "revenue" or "turnover" (literally "business exchange"), meaning the total money a business brings in over a period.