Breakdown of Shakki on yhtä strateginen kuin tämä peli.
tämä
this
olla
to be
peli
game
shakki
chess
kuin
than / before (in 'ennen kuin') / like / as
yhtä
equally / as
strateginen
strategic
Questions & Answers about Shakki on yhtä strateginen kuin tämä peli.
How does the "as... as" comparison structure work in this sentence?
Why isn't the adjective strateginen in the partitive case after yhtä?
Because yhtä is acting as an adverb here, it does not force the word following it into the partitive case. The adjective strateginen is describing the subject shakki, which is in the basic nominative case, so the adjective simply matches that case.
I usually see kuin translated as "than" in comparisons. Why does it mean "as" here?
The word kuin handles both depending on the context! When paired with an adjective in the comparative form (like strategisempi), it means "than." But when paired with yhtä and a basic adjective, it completes the "as... as" structure.
Could we include the verb on at the end to explicitly say "as this game is"?
While adding on at the end (...kuin tämä peli on) is grammatically possible, it sounds clunky to a Finnish speaker. It is much more natural to leave the second verb out entirely.
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