Questions & Answers about Tilanne on taas normaali.
How would we change this sentence to say the situation is 'fairly normal', using the suffix from this lesson?
You would add the moderated degree suffix -hko to the adjective. Since normaali contains the back vowels o and a, vowel harmony dictates we use -hko rather than -hkö. The new sentence would be Tilanne on taas normaalihko.
Why is normaali in the nominative case here rather than the partitive (normaalia)? Isn't a 'situation' an abstract concept?
This is a common trip-up! While a situation feels abstract, the word tilanne is grammatically a countable noun (you can count them: one situation, two situations). When a sentence follows the 'A is B' pattern and the subject is a singular countable noun, the describing adjective must be in the nominative case.
Could I use uudelleen instead of taas to mean 'again' here?
Not quite. Taas is the best choice for a state of affairs returning to how it was before. Uudelleen (literally 'anew') is used when an active action is performed over again from the beginning, such as reading a book again or rebuilding something.
If I wanted to emphasize that it is normal again, could I start the sentence with taas?
Yes, word order in Finnish is often used for emphasis. The neutral word order is Tilanne on taas normaali. If you move the adverb to the front and say Taas tilanne on normaali, it puts strong emphasis on the fact that this is a repeated event or state.
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