Learn Finnish: Tämä teknologia on mullistavampi kuin aiempi. - This technology is more revolutionary than the previous one.

Tämä teknologia on mullistavampi kuin aiempi.

This technology is more revolutionary than the previous one.

Breakdown of Tämä teknologia on mullistavampi kuin aiempi.

than / before (in 'ennen kuin') / like / as

aiempi

earlier

Questions & Answers about Tämä teknologia on mullistavampi kuin aiempi.

How do you form the comparative participle mullistavampi?

First, take the strong stem of the verb mullistaa (to revolutionize) and add the present active participle ending -va to get mullistava (revolutionary). Then, treat it like a normal adjective and add the standard comparative suffix -mpi to get mullistavampi (more revolutionary).

Is aiempi also a comparative participle?

No, because it doesn't come from a verb. It is a standard comparative adjective meaning "earlier" or "previous", related to the adjective aikainen (early). You will often see both aiempi and aikaisempi used interchangeably in Finnish.

Could I express this comparison without using the word kuin?

Yes! As a B2 learner, you might remember the "partitive of comparison" from earlier studies. You can drop kuin and put the thing being compared into the partitive case. The sentence becomes: Tämä teknologia on aiempaa mullistavampi.

Why is there no Finnish equivalent for the English word "one" at the end of the sentence?

English uses "one" as a placeholder so we don't have to say "than the previous technology". Finnish doesn't need placeholder words. An adjective like aiempi can stand completely on its own, and the listener knows it refers back to the noun teknologia.