Breakdown of Laajennus teki pohjapiirroksen kaksi kertaa suuremmaksi.
kaksi
two
kerta
time
tehdä
to do
suuri
large, great
laajennus
extension
pohjapiirros
floor plan
Questions & Answers about Laajennus teki pohjapiirroksen kaksi kertaa suuremmaksi.
Why does the sentence use the comparative form suuremmaksi instead of the basic adjective for 'twice as large'?
In Finnish, exact multipliers like kaksi kertaa (two times) are paired with the comparative form of the adjective. While English says 'twice as large' using the basic positive adjective, Finnish literally says 'two times larger'.
Why is the comparative adjective in the translative case (suuremmaksi)?
The translative case expresses a change of state or a result. When using the verb tehdä to mean 'to make something [adjective]', the resulting state must be in the translative case. Here, the floor plan was made into a larger state.
Why is pohjapiirroksen in the genitive-accusative case instead of the partitive?
The verb tehdä here represents a completed action that affected the entire floor plan. Because the result was achieved and the action is bounded, it takes the total object case, which looks like the genitive for singular nouns.
How is the word pohjapiirroksen formed and declined?
It is a compound of pohja (base, ground) and piirros (drawing), meaning 'floor plan'. Nouns ending in -os change to a -okse- stem before adding case endings, which is why pohjapiirros becomes pohjapiirroksen.
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