Breakdown of Unilääkkeen jälkeen hän on virkeämpi.
olla
to be
hän
he / she
jälkeen
after
unilääke
sleeping pill
Questions & Answers about Unilääkkeen jälkeen hän on virkeämpi.
How would we change this sentence to mean 'she is not at all more alert' using this lesson's topic?
You would make the verb negative (ei ole) and add either ollenkaan or lainkaan. The sentence becomes: Unilääkkeen jälkeen hän ei ole ollenkaan virkeämpi.
Why is unilääke in the genitive case (unilääkkeen)?
The word is followed by the postposition jälkeen (after). In Finnish, most postpositions require the noun coming before them to be in the genitive case.
What is the base word for virkeämpi and how does its comparative form work?
The base adjective is virkeä (alert, fresh, or awake). To make it comparative ('more alert'), you add the suffix -mpi to the stem. Since the stem ends in ä, it attaches directly to make virkeämpi.
If uni means 'dream', why is it used here for a sleeping pill?
The noun uni means both 'a dream' and 'sleep' as a state. Compound words for sleep-related items usually use uni, such as unilääke (sleeping pill) or univaikeus (sleep difficulty).