Finnish Language - Lesson 25: Adjectives and adverbs
Hirveä (terrible) is more or less the same as kamala (awful)
The first adjective when two adjectives are together, ends with an -n. It is in genitive form.
Vaalea + sininen = vaalean sininen as well as vaaleansininen
Ilma on kamalan kylmä. The weather is awfully cold.
Asunto oli hirveän kallis. The apartment was terribly expensive.
Adjektivin vartalo + -sti: adverbi
When a -sti ending is added to the stem of an adjective, it becomes an adverb.
Nopea (quick): nopeasti (quickly)
Älä puhu nin nopeasti! Don’t speak so quickly!
Kaunis (beautiful): kauniisti (beautifully)
Liisa laulaa kauniisti. Liisa sings beautifully.
Tavallinen (usual): tavallisesti (usually) Tavallise is the stem (vartalo) of usual.
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