Breakdown of Viimevuotiseen kysyntään verrattuna markkinat ovat nyt paremmat.
olla
to be
nyt
now
hyvä
good
verrattuna
compared to
viimevuotinen
last year's
kysyntä
demand
markkinat
market
Questions & Answers about Viimevuotiseen kysyntään verrattuna markkinat ovat nyt paremmat.
Why are both viimevuotiseen and kysyntään in the illative case here?
The word verrattuna (compared to) requires the thing you are comparing something to to be in the illative case. The main noun is kysyntä (demand), which becomes kysyntään, and the adjective modifying it must agree with it, changing from viimevuotinen to viimevuotiseen.
How is the adjective viimevuotinen (last year's) formed?
It is built from the phrase viime vuosi (last year) by adding the common adjective suffix -inen. When you add this suffix, the root word vuosi changes its stem to vuot-, giving us viimevuotinen. This allows you to use a time phrase as a direct modifier for a noun.
Why is markkinat (markets) plural, and how does it affect the rest of the sentence?
When talking about the economy or business, "the market" is almost always expressed as a plural word in Finnish (markkinat), even when English uses the singular. Because the subject is plural, the verb is plural (ovat), and the comparative adjective must also be in its plural form (paremmat instead of the singular parempi).
Could verrattuna be placed before the noun phrase instead of after it?
Yes! While verrattuna is commonly used as a postposition (placed after the noun, as it is in this sentence), it is very flexible and can also act as a preposition. You could just as naturally say Verrattuna viimevuotiseen kysyntään, markkinat ovat nyt paremmat.
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