tuorempi

Tuorempi is the comparative form of the Finnish adjective tuore, meaning fresh, new, or recent. It is used to compare two or more things in terms of freshness or recency, such as food, information, or experiences. In English it is commonly rendered as “fresher” or “more recent.”

Formation and grammar: Finnish forms the comparative with the suffix -mpi. The stem of tuore remains unchanged aside from the normal spelling rules, giving tuorempi from tuore. Many adjectives form comparatives similarly, for example vanha → vanhempi (older) and iso → isompi (bigger). Some adjectives have irregular comparatives (for example hyvä → parempi), but tuore follows the regular -mpi pattern.

Usage notes: tuorempi is used for direct comparison between two items. For example, “Tämä vihannes on tuorempi kuin tuo” means “This vegetable is fresher than that one.” In plural or case forms, the adjective also inflects: “tuoremmat omenat” (the fresher apples) or “tuorempia tietoja” (more recent information, partitive). The corresponding superlative forms are tuorein (singular) and tuoreimmat (plural), used to denote the freshest of a group. The word часто appears in contexts referring to freshness of produce, information, or experiences, and can convey that something is more up-to-date or recently produced.

See also: tuore, tuoreus, tuoreimmat.