Breakdown of Seuraava koelento on aiempia vaativampi.
olla
to be
seuraava
next
vaativa
demanding
aiempi
earlier
koelento
the test flight
Questions & Answers about Seuraava koelento on aiempia vaativampi.
How is vaativampi formed, and why isn't its final -a replaced with an -e in the comparative?
It comes from the present active participle vaativa (demanding). To form the comparative, you add -mpi. Unlike two-syllable adjectives ending in -a (like vanha becoming vanhempi), words with three or more syllables (including all -va or -vä participles) keep their final vowel. So, vaativa simply becomes vaativampi.
Why is aiempia in the partitive plural here?
It acts as the point of comparison. When you compare things without using the word kuin (than), the item being compared to must be in the partitive case. Because it refers to "earlier ones" (plural flights), it takes the partitive plural form.
Why is the word aiempia placed before vaativampi?
In Finnish, when you use the partitive case for a comparison (the partitive of comparison), the partitive word is typically placed directly before the comparative adjective. If you chose to use kuin, the order would flip and the case would change to the nominative plural: ...on vaativampi kuin aiemmat.
What is the base form of aiempia?
The base form is the comparative adjective aiempi (earlier). For any comparative adjective ending in -mpi, you form the partitive plural by changing that ending to -mpia or -mpiä. Therefore, aiempi becomes aiempia.
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