Questions & Answers about Tämä arvo on minulle tärkeä.
Word by word:
- tämä = this (demonstrative pronoun, nominative singular)
- arvo = value (here in the sense of a moral principle or something you consider important; it can also mean worth, price, numerical value, but context decides)
- on = is (3rd person singular of olla, to be)
- minulle = to me / for me (allative case of minä, I)
- tärkeä = important (adjective, here in its basic nominative form, used as a predicate)
So literally: This value is to-me important.
Yes, both are forms of tämä, but they are different cases:
- tämä = nominative (basic form, used for the subject)
- tämän = genitive (often used for possession or as an object form)
In Tämä arvo on minulle tärkeä:
- tämä arvo is the subject of the sentence, so it must be in the nominative.
- Therefore tämä (not tämän) is used.
If you said:
- Tämän arvon opin lapsena. = I learned this value as a child.
Here tämän arvon is an object, so tämän (genitive) + arvon (genitive) is correct.