Breakdown of Tarjontaan verrattuna aiempi kysyntä oli paljon parempi.
olla
to be
hyvä
good
paljon
a lot
aiempi
earlier
verrattuna
compared to
kysyntä
demand
tarjonta
supply
Questions & Answers about Tarjontaan verrattuna aiempi kysyntä oli paljon parempi.
Why is tarjonta (supply) in the illative case (tarjontaan) here?
The word verrattuna (compared to) requires the word it relates to be in the illative case. You can think of it literally as being compared 'into' the supply.
Could verrattuna be placed before tarjontaan instead?
Yes, verrattuna is quite flexible and can act as either a preposition or a postposition. You could absolutely say verrattuna tarjontaan instead, and the meaning would stay exactly the same. The noun still takes the illative case either way.
How is aiempi different from aikaisempi?
They mean the exact same thing (earlier or previous) and are completely interchangeable in this context. Both are comparative adjectives related to time, but aiempi is slightly shorter and very common in everyday language.
Both kysyntä (demand) and kysymys (question) seem related to the verb kysyä. How do we keep them straight?
It helps to look at the suffixes! The -nta or -ntä suffix often creates a noun describing a continuous action or mass concept, making kysyntä the economic concept of demand (people continuously asking for goods). The same pattern applies to tarjonta (supply), which comes from tarjota (to offer).
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