Breakdown of Kulutusluotto on usein kallis.
olla
to be
kallis
expensive
usein
often
kulutusluotto
consumer credit
Questions & Answers about Kulutusluotto on usein kallis.
Since this lesson is about the adessive of price, why aren't we using an adessive form like kalliilla here?
The adessive of transaction is used when an actual exchange happens, meaning something is bought, sold, or rented for a certain amount. Because this sentence is a general description stating what the credit is, we use the simple nominative adjective kallis. You would use kalliilla if you said you bought something at a high price.
Can you break down the compound word kulutusluotto?
It is made up of kulutus, meaning consumption, and luotto, meaning credit or trust. The first part comes from the verb kuluttaa, which means to consume, spend, or wear out.
Why is the adjective kallis in the nominative case instead of the partitive kallista?
We use the nominative kallis because kulutusluotto is treated as a countable singular noun here, referring to a specific financial product. If the subject were an uncountable mass noun, such as food, you would use the partitive form for the adjective, as in ruoka on kallista.