Breakdown of Keski-ikä on yhä suositumpi aihe.
olla
to be
yhä
still, yet (continuing)
aihe
the topic
suosittu
popular
Questions & Answers about Keski-ikä on yhä suositumpi aihe.
I learned earlier that yhä means "still". Why does the translation say "more and more"?
When yhä is used on its own, it usually means "still". However, when it is paired with a comparative adjective like suositumpi (more popular), it indicates an ongoing change. In this grammatical structure, yhä translates to "increasingly" or "more and more".
How is the comparative suositumpi formed from its base word?
The base adjective is suosittu (popular). To form the comparative, the strong double consonant -tt- undergoes consonant gradation and weakens to a single -t-, giving the stem suositu-. Then you simply add the comparative ending -mpi, resulting in suositumpi.
Could I use koko ajan instead of yhä to get the same meaning?
Yes! Saying koko ajan suositumpi (literally "all the time more popular") is a very natural alternative, especially in everyday spoken Finnish. Using yhä is simply a neater, slightly more formal way to express the exact same idea of continuous change.
Why doesn't the word aihe take the partitive case here?
This is a standard "A is B" sentence where the verb is olla (to be). Because the subject keski-ikä (middle age) is being equated to the countable noun aihe (a topic), the predicative noun stays in the basic nominative case rather than taking the partitive.