hankalammaksi

Hankalammaksi is a Finnish grammatical form used to express that something has become more troublesome or difficult. It is the translative form of the comparative adjective hankalampi (more troublesome).

Morphology and usage: hankala means difficult or troublesome. The comparative form is hankalampi. To indicate a change of state toward that condition, Finnish often uses the translative suffix -ksi, producing hankalammaksi. The result describes the state something has become or is becoming, roughly “more troublesome to [do]” or “more troublesome.”

Typical usage is with verbs that denote change, such as tulla or muuttua, and with constructions that describe a situation. Examples:

- Tilanne muuttui hankalammaksi. (The situation became more troublesome.)

- Lisäaika teki tehtävästä hankalammaksi. (The extra time made the task more difficult.)

- Se osoittautui hankalammaksi ratkaista kuin odotettiin. (It turned out to be more difficult to solve than expected.)

Notes: hankalammaksi is formed from hankalampi plus the translative suffix -ksi, with phonological adjustment that results in the double-m sequence. The form is primarily used in written and spoken Finnish to convey a shift toward greater difficulty, and can be contrasted with hankalampi (the comparative) or hankala (the positive form) in other contexts.

In summary, hankalammaksi indicates that a situation or task has become more troublesome, and it is a standard tool in Finnish for describing evolving difficulty.