Questions & Answers about Uusin galleria on vaikuttava, joskin pieni.
How is joskin different from vaikka here?
While both express concession, joskin translates best to "albeit" and has a more formal, written tone than vaikka. It is especially common when contrasting two adjectives in the same clause, allowing you to elegantly drop the repeated subject and verb (instead of saying vaikka se on pieni).
Is the comma before joskin strictly necessary since there is no verb after it?
Yes. In Finnish punctuation, you usually place a comma before joskin when it introduces a contrast or concession, even if it only connects a single word like pieni rather than a full independent clause.
Vaikuttava looks like a verb form. How is it being used here?
It is the present active participle (the -VA participle) of the verb vaikuttaa (to affect / to give an impression). Over time, it has evolved into a standard adjective meaning "impressive," which is exactly how it functions in this sentence.
Does pieni need to agree in case with galleria despite being separated by joskin?
Yes. Even though it comes after the conjunction, pieni is still describing galleria. Since the subject is in the nominative case, pieni must also be in the nominative. If the sentence were in a different case, for example, "Kävimme galleriassa, joskin pienessä" (We visited a gallery, albeit a small one), the adjective would have to match the inessive case.