Breakdown of Älä osta ruokaa, jossa on korkeintaan kymmenen grammaa proteiinia.
olla
to be
ruoka
food
kymmenen
ten
ostaa
to buy
älä
don't (negative imperative)
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
korkeintaan
at most
gramma
gram
proteiini
protein
Questions & Answers about Älä osta ruokaa, jossa on korkeintaan kymmenen grammaa proteiinia.
Where exactly does the word korkeintaan come from?
It is a fixed adverb meaning at most or maximum, but it literally translates to at its highest. It is built from korkein, the superlative form of korkea (high).
Can I use enintään instead of korkeintaan in this sentence?
Yes, they are completely interchangeable here. While korkeintaan comes from the word for highest, enintään comes from the word for most. Both are used as scalar adverbs to set a maximum limit.
Why are there two partitive words in a row with grammaa proteiinia?
The word ruokaa is in the partitive, so why is the relative pronoun jossa in the inessive instead of the partitive?
A relative pronoun like joka takes its case from its function inside its own clause, not from the word it refers back to. Here, the relative clause expresses that the protein is inside the food. To say in which, we use the inessive form jossa.
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