Breakdown of Nautitko yhä enemmän kypsymisestä?
nauttia
to enjoy
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
yhä
still, yet (continuing)
kypsyä
to mature
Questions & Answers about Nautitko yhä enemmän kypsymisestä?
Why does yhä enemmän mean "more and more" instead of "still more"?
While yhä on its own often means "still," pairing it with a comparative like enemmän creates an expression of continuous change. English expresses this by repeating the comparative word ("more and more"), but Finnish simply places yhä before a single comparative.
Why is kypsymisestä in the elative (-stä) case rather than the partitive?
The verb nauttia (to enjoy) always requires the thing being enjoyed to be in the elative case (-sta or -stä), regardless of whether it is a physical object or an abstract concept like maturing.
How is the noun kypsyminen (maturing) formed and inflected here?
It comes from the verb kypsyä (to mature or ripen). Adding the -minen suffix turns it into the noun kypsyminen (the act of maturing). To attach the elative -stä ending, the -nen changes to its stem form -se-, making kypsymisestä.
Could I put yhä enemmän at the end of the sentence?
Yes, Nautitko kypsymisestä yhä enemmän? is perfectly natural. Placing yhä enemmän right after the verb just puts slightly more emphasis on the growing intensity of the enjoyment.