Breakdown of Alennusmyynnissä ihmisten määrä on kymmenkertainen.
olla
to be
ihminen
human
määrä
amount
alennusmyynti
the clearance sale
Questions & Answers about Alennusmyynnissä ihmisten määrä on kymmenkertainen.
The lesson is about the suffix -nkertainen, so why does this sentence use kymmenkertainen without the n?
Both kymmenkertainen and kymmenenkertainen are correct and mean "tenfold". While most numbers use the genitive form plus -nkertainen (like kaksi -> kahden -> kaksinkertainen), the number ten (kymmenen) often drops its final -en, attaching -kertainen directly to the short root kymmen-.
Could I just say that the amount is kymmenen kertaa isompi (ten times bigger)?
You could use kymmenen kertaa isompi if you were directly comparing two specific situations (e.g., "the amount is ten times bigger than yesterday"). However, when you want to state that a quantity itself is "a tenfold amount" (kymmenkertainen määrä), using the -kertainen adjective is much more natural.
Why is the word for "people" ihmisten instead of just ihmiset?
This is the genitive plural form of ihminen (human/person). Because the sentence talks about "the number of people" (ihmisten määrä), it requires the genitive case to show possession or relation. For nouns ending in -nen, the genitive plural usually ends in -sten or -ten, making ihmisten the standard form.
What are the parts that make up the compound word alennusmyynnissä?