Breakdown of Minun tekee mieli ahmia mieluummin draamaa kuin tieteissarjaa, koska se osoittautui pettymykseksi.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
minä
I
koska
because
tehdä
to do
kuin
than / like / as (also in "before …")
mieli
mind / opinion (mind, mood)
pettymys
disappointment
mieluummin
rather
draama
drama
osoittautua
to turn out to be
ahmia
to binge-watch
tieteissarja
science fiction series
Questions & Answers about Minun tekee mieli ahmia mieluummin draamaa kuin tieteissarjaa, koska se osoittautui pettymykseksi.
Why is "I" in the genitive case (minun) and the verb tekee in the third person singular?
The phrase tekee mieli (to crave or feel like) is an idiomatic structure that requires the experiencer to be in the genitive case (minun, sinun, etc.), while the verb stays fixed in the third-person singular (tekee). It literally translates to something like "of me, the mind makes [a desire]".
I thought ahmia meant to devour or gorge on food. Why is it translated as binge-watching here?
You are correct! Literally, ahmia means to eat greedily. However, in modern Finnish, it is heavily used metaphorically for consuming media rapidly, much like "devouring a book" or "binge-watching" a TV series.
Why are the words for drama and science fiction series (draamaa, tieteissarjaa) in the partitive case here?
They are the objects of the verb ahmia. With activities like watching TV or reading, you usually use the partitive case because the action is viewed as an ongoing process rather than a completed whole. The speaker wants to watch some drama, not all the drama in the world.
How does the "rather than" structure work in this sentence?
The structure is formed using the comparative adverb mieluummin (rather or preferably) followed by kuin (than). The options being compared (draamaa and tieteissarjaa) are kept in the same grammatical case (partitive) on both sides of kuin.
Why is the word for disappointment (pettymys) in the translative case (pettymykseksi)?
The verb osoittautua (to turn out to be or to prove to be) requires the following noun or adjective to be in the translative case (ending in -ksi). The translative often indicates a change of state, a role, or, in this case, the end result of what something was revealed to be.
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