Breakdown of Kansallispuisto on täydellinen kohde niin turisteille kuin paikallisillekin.
olla
to be
turisti
the tourist
täydellinen
perfect
paikallinen
local
kuin
than / before (in 'ennen kuin') / like / as
-kin
also / too (suffix)
kohde
target
kansallispuisto
national park
niin
both (in 'niin ... kuin ... -kin')
Questions & Answers about Kansallispuisto on täydellinen kohde niin turisteille kuin paikallisillekin.
How does the niin ... kuin ... -kin structure work in this sentence?
It translates to "both... and..." or "as well as...". It frames the two groups being compared: niin comes before the first group (turisteille), kuin precedes the second group (paikallisille), and the clitic -kin (meaning "also" or "too") is attached to the very end of the second item to complete the structure.
Why are both turisteille and paikallisille in the allative (-lle) case?
In Finnish, being a destination "for" someone is expressed using the allative case (-lle). Because the niin ... kuin ... -kin structure links the tourists and locals as equal targets of the phrase täydellinen kohde (perfect destination), both nouns must be in the same case.
What happens to the word paikallinen to make it paikallisillekin?
Words ending in -nen, like paikallinen (local), change their stem to -si- in the plural before adding case endings. The plural stem paikallisi- takes the allative ending -lle, resulting in paikallisille (for the locals). Finally, the -kin clitic is added to the very end of the fully inflected word.
Could I use sekä ... että instead of niin ... kuin ... -kin in this sentence?
Yes, you could perfectly well say sekä turisteille että paikallisille. Both structures mean "both... and...". The niin ... kuin ... -kin structure is just a slightly more emphatic and formal way to stress that a statement applies equally to the second group as it does to the first.
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