Breakdown of Valitse lounas, jossa on korkeintaan viisisataa kaloria.
olla
to be
viisi
five
sata
one hundred
valita
to choose
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
lounas
lunch
korkeintaan
at most
kalori
calorie
Questions & Answers about Valitse lounas, jossa on korkeintaan viisisataa kaloria.
Can I use enintään instead of korkeintaan in this sentence?
Yes, they are interchangeable here. Korkeintaan literally relates to "highest" (from korkea), while enintään relates to "most" (from eniten). In everyday Finnish, both mean "at most" or "maximum" for amounts like calories.
How is the adverb korkeintaan formed?
It is built from the adjective korkea (high). It uses the superlative form to create an adverb meaning "at its highest" or "at most". You can see a similar pattern in vähintään (at least), which is built from vähä (little).
Why do we use jossa on (in which is) instead of jolla on (on which is) for "that has"?
When a person has something, Finnish uses the adessive case like jolla on. However, when something is contained inside an inanimate object, like calories inside a meal, Finnish uses the inessive case (-ssa/-ssä). Literally, it says "a lunch in which there is at most 500 calories."
Why is the object lounas in its basic nominative form instead of taking an -n ending?
The verb valitse (choose) is an imperative command. When you give a direct command, the total object takes the nominative form instead of the genitive-accusative -n form. If this were a regular statement like "I choose a lunch", it would be Valitsen lounaan.
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