Breakdown of Hän asuu edelleen samassa kaupungissa.
hän
he / she
asua
to live
kaupunki
city
sama
same
edelleen
still (even now), onwards
Questions & Answers about Hän asuu edelleen samassa kaupungissa.
The current lesson is about yhä + comparative. Why does this sentence use edelleen, and could we use yhä here instead?
Both edelleen and yhä can mean "still" when describing an ongoing, unchanging state, so you could absolutely say Hän asuu yhä samassa kaupungissa. However, for the continuous change taught in this lesson (like "bigger and bigger"), you must use yhä + comparative (e.g., yhä isompi). You cannot use edelleen for that kind of continuous change, so this sentence serves to remind you of the difference.
Why is the word for "same" written as samassa rather than just sama?
In Finnish, modifiers must match the noun they describe in both case and number. Since "in the city" requires the inessive case (kaupungissa), the word sama (same) must also take the inessive case ending, becoming samassa.
Could we place edelleen at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, but it changes the emphasis. The current word order is the most neutral and natural. If you start the sentence with Edelleen hän asuu..., you heavily emphasize the word "still" — sounding a bit like "Despite everything, he STILL lives in the same city."
What is the literal background of the word edelleen?
It is built from the root esi- (front or forward). The form edelleen literally translates to something like "further forward" or "onwards." In everyday Finnish, it has simply become the standard adverb for "still" or "furthermore."
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