Word
Tämä innovaatio teki prototyypin kehittyneimmäksi.
Meaning
This innovation made the prototype the most advanced.
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Breakdown of Tämä innovaatio teki prototyypin kehittyneimmäksi.
tämä
this
tehdä
to do
kehittynyt
advanced
innovaatio
the innovation
Questions & Answers about Tämä innovaatio teki prototyypin kehittyneimmäksi.
How do we get the form kehittyneimmäksi from the base participle kehittynyt?
Kehittynyt is the past active participle of kehittyä (to develop). To form the superlative, we use the suffix -in, making the basic superlative form kehittynein (the most advanced). When we add the translative case ending -ksi, the superlative suffix -in changes to its stem form -immä-. This gives us the final declined form kehittyneimmäksi.
Why is kehittyneimmäksi in the translative case (-ksi)?
In Finnish, when a verb expresses a change of state or making something into a new condition, the resulting state takes the translative case. Because the innovation made the prototype into something else ('the most advanced'), we must use the translative ending -ksi with the verb tehdä (to make).
Why is the object prototyypin in the genitive case instead of the partitive?
The verb tehdä here expresses a completed, definitive action. The innovation successfully finished making the prototype the most advanced. Because this is a completed action with a definitive result, the total object prototyypin takes the genitive-like accusative ending -n rather than the partitive case.
Is kehittynyt always used as an adjective meaning 'advanced'?