Breakdown of Pidän tästä aktiviteetista enemmän kuin tuosta rannasta.
tämä
this
tuo
that
ranta
beach
pitää
to like
kuin
than / before (in 'ennen kuin') / like / as
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
aktiviteetti
activity
Questions & Answers about Pidän tästä aktiviteetista enemmän kuin tuosta rannasta.
Why are both sides of the comparison (tästä aktiviteetista and tuosta rannasta) in the elative (-sta) case?
The verb pitää (to like) always requires the thing being liked to be in the elative case. Since both the activity and the beach are things being compared in terms of how much they are liked, both must take the -sta ending. Their matching demonstrative pronouns (tämä and tuo) also change to match the case, becoming tästä and tuosta.
Could I use toisaalta ... toisaalta here since this lesson is about contrasts?
Not for this exact sentence. Toisaalta ... toisaalta means 'on the one hand ... on the other hand' and is used to weigh two different viewpoints or balancing facts. Because this sentence states a direct, unequal comparison of preference, the comparative structure enemmän kuin (more than) is the correct choice.
Is it possible to use the partitive case for comparison here instead of kuin?
Usually in comparisons, you can drop kuin and put the compared word in the partitive case. However, because the verb pitää forces its objects into the elative case (-sta), adding a partitive ending would conflict with the required elative ending. Therefore, you must use kuin here.
Why does the word ranta (beach) change to rannasta with a double 'n'?
This is due to consonant gradation, a rule you have seen before but is always good to review. Adding a closed-syllable ending like the elative -sta triggers the strong consonant grade nt in the basic form ranta to weaken to nn, resulting in rannasta.
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