Breakdown of Kasvoille tulee yhä enemmän ryppyjä.
tulla
to come
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
yhä
still, yet (continuing)
kasvot
face
Questions & Answers about Kasvoille tulee yhä enemmän ryppyjä.
Why does the Finnish sentence use yhä enemmän instead of repeating the word like in the English 'more and more'?
To express continuous change, Finnish pairs the word yhä with a comparative adjective or adverb. While English repeats the comparative ('more and more', 'bigger and bigger'), Finnish simply uses yhä + the comparative. Here, enemmän is the comparative of paljon (a lot/much).
Why is 'the face gets' translated as kasvoille tulee (literally 'to the face comes')?
The verb tulla (to come) is often used with a location case to mean 'getting', 'developing', or 'appearing'. Here, kasvoille is in the allative case ('onto the face'). Saying 'onto [body part] comes [thing]' is the standard Finnish way to express that a body part is developing a physical trait or condition.
Why is kasvoille in a plural case if it translates to a singular 'face'?
In Finnish, the word for face (kasvot) is a plural-only word, similar to 'scissors' or 'pants' in English. Because the base word is plural, any case endings attached to it must use the plural stem, resulting in kasvoille rather than a singular form.
Why is the subject ryppyjä (wrinkles) in the partitive plural?