Breakdown of Meillä on yksitoista euroa, mutta meillä ei ole lippua.
olla
to be
mutta
but
me
we
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
lippu
ticket
euro
euro
yksitoista
eleven
Questions & Answers about Meillä on yksitoista euroa, mutta meillä ei ole lippua.
What does the -toista part of yksitoista mean?
The ending -toista is used for numbers from 11 to 19. It actually comes from the word toinen (second), so yksitoista literally means 'one of the second set of ten'.
Why does euro have an -a at the end after the number 11?
In Finnish, any number greater than one must be followed by a word in the partitive singular form. That is why euro becomes euroa after yksitoista.
Is lippua (ticket) also in the partitive form, and if so, why?
We are saying 'we have'. Why is the verb just 'on' instead of a 'we' form like 'olemme'?
To say someone has something in Finnish, you never conjugate the verb to match the person. The verb stays in the singular on (or the negative ei ole). Instead, you add the -lla or -llä ending to the person, which gives us meillä.
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