Breakdown of Minä viisastun, sillä elämä on yhä selkeämpää.
olla
to be
minä
I
selkeä
clear
elämä
life
yhä
still, yet (continuing)
sillä
for / because (coordinating)
viisastua
to grow wiser
Questions & Answers about Minä viisastun, sillä elämä on yhä selkeämpää.
How does the word yhä change the meaning of the comparative selkeämpää?
By itself, yhä usually means "still". But when placed before a comparative adjective like selkeämpää (clearer), it indicates a continuous change. Together, yhä selkeämpää translates to "increasingly clear" or "clearer and clearer".
Where does the verb viisastun come from?
It is built from the adjective viisas (wise). In Finnish, adding the suffix -stu- or -ntu- to an adjective creates a verb that means "to become [adjective]". Here, viisastua means "to become wise", making viisastun mean "I am becoming wise" or "I grow wiser".
Could I use koska instead of sillä here?
Yes, you could use koska (because) and the core meaning would stay the same. sillä is simply a bit more formal or literary, much like using "for" instead of "because" to connect two clauses in English.
Why is the comparative adjective selkeämpää in the partitive case instead of the nominative selkeämpi?
In this sentence, the subject elämä (life) is an abstract, uncountable concept. In Finnish, when the subject is an uncountable mass noun or an abstract concept, the adjective describing it (the predicative) must be in the partitive case.
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