Breakdown of Tieteissarja osoittautui pitkäveteiseksi, joten suoratoistan mieluummin rikossarjaa kuin sitä.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
kuin
than / like / as (also in "before …")
joten
so, therefore
mieluummin
rather
osoittautua
to turn out to be
suoratoistaa
to stream
rikossarja
crime series
tieteissarja
science fiction series
pitkäveteinen
tedious
Questions & Answers about Tieteissarja osoittautui pitkäveteiseksi, joten suoratoistan mieluummin rikossarjaa kuin sitä.
Why is pitkäveteinen in the translative case (pitkäveteiseksi)?
The verb osoittautua (to turn out to be) requires the translative case for the adjective or noun that follows it. The translative case ending -ksi expresses a change of state, a role, or an end result, and verbs describing what something turns into or proves to be typically trigger this case.
What is the base form of the verb suoratoistan, and how is it formed?
The base verb is suoratoistaa (to stream). It is a compound word made from suora (direct or straight) and the verb toistaa (to repeat or to play). When conjugating compound verbs, you only apply the personal endings to the final word in the compound, so it conjugates just like a standard verb type 1.
Why are both rikossarjaa and sitä in the partitive case here?
The verb suoratoistaa expresses an ongoing action without a specific endpoint in this context, so its object takes the partitive case to become rikossarjaa. Because the sentence uses the comparison structure mieluummin ... kuin (rather ... than), the pronoun se must match the grammatical case of the object it is compared against, becoming the partitive sitä.
How is the phrase for "would rather stream" constructed in Finnish here?
Finnish does not use a separate verb for "would rather." Instead, you conjugate the main verb normally (suoratoistan) and add the comparative adverb mieluummin, which literally means "more gladly." Together with kuin (than), it creates the meaning of preferring one action or object over another.
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