Word
Sinulla on suuri ruokahalu, joten voit ottaa tarjottimelle vaikka kuinka paljon.
Meaning
You have a large appetite, so you can take however much on the tray.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Sinulla on suuri ruokahalu, joten voit ottaa tarjottimelle vaikka kuinka paljon.
olla
to be
sinä
you
paljon
a lot
ottaa
to take
Questions & Answers about Sinulla on suuri ruokahalu, joten voit ottaa tarjottimelle vaikka kuinka paljon.
Wait, doesn't vaikka mean although? What does it mean here with kuinka paljon?
While vaikka often means although, when you combine it with question words (like kuka, mikä, or kuinka paljon), it creates an indefinite phrase meaning any X at all or however X. Here, vaikka kuinka paljon translates to however much or as much as you like.
Could I use mitä tahansa instead of vaikka kuinka paljon here?
Not quite. Mitä tahansa means anything (focusing on the kind of thing you take), whereas vaikka kuinka paljon specifically means any amount or however much (focusing on the quantity). Since the first half of the sentence mentions a large appetite (suuri ruokahalu), the quantity is what matters here.
Where does the -m- in tarjottimelle come from?
The base word is tarjotin (tray). Finnish nouns ending in -in typically change to an -im- stem before adding case endings, such as the allative ending -lle. Another common example is puhelin (phone) becoming puhelimella (on the phone).
Why do we use the allative case tarjottimelle (onto) instead of the illative case tarjottimeen (into)?