Breakdown of Me emme ole tänään kentällä.
olla
to be
me
we
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tänään
today
kenttä
field
Questions & Answers about Me emme ole tänään kentällä.
How does kentällä translate to "on the field"?
The dictionary form of the word for "field" or "pitch" is kenttä. To talk about being on an open, external location like a field, you add the adessive ending, which is either -lla or -llä.
Why does kentällä use the -llä ending instead of -lla?
This happens because of vowel harmony. Since the vowels in the base word kenttä ('e' and 'ä') are "front" vowels, the ending must also use the front vowel 'ä' to keep the word sounding harmonious.
The dictionary form is kenttä with two 't's, but this sentence says kentällä with only one 't'. Why?
This is a spelling change called consonant gradation. Adding the -llä ending "closes" the final syllable of the word. When this happens, a strong double consonant like tt softens into a single weak t.
How does the negative phrase emme ole work?
In Finnish, "not" is actually a verb that changes depending on who is doing the action. Because the subject is me (we), the negative verb becomes emme. The main verb "to be" (olla) drops its ending to become ole. Together, emme ole means "we are not".
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