Breakdown of Meillä on sellainen kattokruunu, jollainen on nyt hyvin harvinainen.
olla
to be
me
we
nyt
now
hyvin
very
harvinainen
rare
sellainen
such, that kind of
jollainen
the kind of which
kattokruunu
chandelier
Questions & Answers about Meillä on sellainen kattokruunu, jollainen on nyt hyvin harvinainen.
Why use jollainen here instead of the regular relative pronoun joka?
What case is jollainen in here, and how is that decided?
It is in the nominative case. Just like other relative pronouns, jollainen gets its case from its grammatical role inside the relative clause, not the main clause. Here, it acts as the subject of its own clause (jollainen on... -> "the kind of which is...").
Is sellainen required in the main clause in order to use jollainen?
It isn't strictly mandatory, but sellainen ("that kind of") and jollainen ("the kind of which") form a classic correlative pair. Using them together is very common because it makes the comparison balanced and clearly signals to the listener what kind of descriptive clause is coming next.
Why is hyvin used to mean "very" here instead of tosi or todella?
While hyvin literally translates to "well", it is widely used as a degree modifier meaning "very" in standard or slightly more formal Finnish. You will hear tosi much more often in casual spoken Finnish, but hyvin harvinainen sounds very natural in written or polite language.
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