Ruoka on hyvälaatuista tässä ravintolassa.

The food is of good quality in this restaurant.

Breakdown of Ruoka on hyvälaatuista tässä ravintolassa.

• olla: to be
• ruoka: the food
• hyvälaatuinen: good quality
• tässä ravintolassa: in this restaurant

Questions & Answers about Ruoka on hyvälaatuista tässä ravintolassa.

Why is hyvälaatuista in the partitive case rather than the nominative?

Because ruoka (food) here is viewed as a mass or indefinite concept, not a single counted item. In Finnish, when you describe an ongoing quality or an unspecified amount of something with olla, you use the partitive case on the adjective to show that partial or general sense.

How is hyvälaatuista formed morphologically?

1. Start with hyvä (good)
2. Add laatu (quality) → hyvälaatu (good-quality)
3. Attach the adjectival suffix -inen → hyvälaatuinen
4. Apply the partitive singular ending -a → hyvälaatuista

Could I say hyvälaatuinen ruoka instead of ruoka on hyvälaatuista?

Yes. hyvälaatuinen ruoka uses the adjective attributively (before the noun) in the nominative: “good-quality food.” The original sentence uses a predicative structure (Ruoka on …), so the adjective goes into partitive to fit that pattern.

What’s the difference between ruoka on hyvää and ruoka on hyvälaatuista?

• hyvää (partitive of hyvä) focuses on taste or general goodness (“the food is tasty/good”).
• hyvälaatuista emphasizes overall quality standards (ingredients, preparation, consistency).

Why is tässä ravintolassa used instead of just ravintolassa?

• ravintolassa = “in a/the restaurant.”
• tässä ravintolassa uses tämä in the inessive case (tässä) to specify “in this particular restaurant” (close to the speaker).

What case is ravintolassa, and why is it used?

ravintolassa is the inessive case (stem ravintola + -ssa). Finnish uses locative cases like inessive to express “in” instead of using a preposition.

Can I change the word order, for example to Tässä ravintolassa ruoka on hyvälaatuista?

Yes. Finnish word order is flexible. Fronting Tässä ravintolassa merely highlights the location first but keeps the same meaning.

How do I pronounce hyvälaatuista and where is the stress?

Pronounce it as HY-va-LAU-tuis-ta. Finnish always puts the primary stress on the first syllable (HY), and secondary stresses fall on every second syllable thereafter.

Why doesn’t Finnish use articles like “the” or “a” in ruoka on hyvälaatuista?

Finnish has no articles. Definite or indefinite meanings are inferred from context or added words (like demonstratives tämä/tuo) rather than separate articles.