Breakdown of Sekä taajama että maakunta kasvavat nopeasti.
kasvaa
to grow
nopeasti
fast
että
that (conjunction)
sekä
both
Questions & Answers about Sekä taajama että maakunta kasvavat nopeasti.
Why is the verb kasvavat in the plural form here?
The conjunction pair sekä ... että (both ... and) links two singular subjects (taajama and maakunta), combining them into a plural subject. Because of this, the verb must take the third-person plural form kasvavat instead of the singular kasvaa.
How is the word taajama formed, and what exactly does it mean?
Taajama is derived from the adjective taaja (dense or frequent) combined with the noun-forming suffix -ma, which often denotes a place or an area. In Finnish geography and statistics, it specifically means a built-up urban area or population center.
What is the difference between a maakunta and a kunta?
A kunta is a local municipality, which could be a single town, city, or rural district. A maakunta (literally "land-municipality") is a much larger administrative region or province that is made up of multiple municipalities.
Can I use ja instead of että in this sentence?
No, because sekä and että form a fixed grammatical pair meaning "both ... and". If you wanted to use ja (and), you would have to drop sekä entirely and simply say Taajama ja maakunta kasvavat nopeasti.