Learn Finnish: Vaikka kuinka nirso ruokailija löytää täältä jotakin hyvää. - A diner, however picky, will find something good from here.

Vaikka kuinka nirso ruokailija löytää täältä jotakin hyvää.

A diner, however picky, will find something good from here.

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Questions & Answers about Vaikka kuinka nirso ruokailija löytää täältä jotakin hyvää.

How does vaikka kuinka work here? Doesn't vaikka usually mean 'although'?

On its own, vaikka usually means 'although'. However, when paired with a question word like kuinka (how), it forms an indefinite structure meaning 'no matter how' or 'however'. So, vaikka kuinka nirso translates to 'no matter how picky'.

Why do we use täältä (from here) instead of täällä (here)?

In Finnish, the verb löytää (to find) requires a 'from' case (elative or ablative) for the location. The logic is that you are discovering something out of a place. So, you don't find something 'at here' (täällä), you find it 'from here' (täältä).

Why are jotakin and hyvää in the partitive case?

They form the object of the sentence ('something good'). Because 'something' is an indefinite concept here, the object takes the partitive case. When an adjective like hyvä modifies a partitive pronoun like jotakin, the adjective must also be in the partitive (hyvää).

How is the noun ruokailija formed?

It starts with the basic noun ruoka (food). That turns into the verb ruokailla (to dine or eat a meal). Finally, the agent suffix -ja is added to the verb stem to mean 'the person who does the action', giving us ruokailija (a diner).