Breakdown of Me emme mene ulos tänään.
me
we
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tänään
today
mennä
to go
Questions & Answers about Me emme mene ulos tänään.
How is the negative "we do not" formed here?
In Finnish, the negative word acts like a verb and changes to match the subject. Because the subject is me (we), the negative verb becomes emme.
Where does the form mene come from?
Mene is the negative form of the Type 3 verb mennä (to go). To find this form for a negative sentence, take the minä (I) form of the verb, which is menen, and drop the -n. After the negative verb emme, you always use this base form: emme mene.
Can I drop the word Me from this sentence?
Yes! Because the negative verb emme already tells us that "we" are the ones not doing the action, the pronoun me is optional. Saying Emme mene ulos tänään is perfectly natural and very common.
Why use ulos instead of ulkona for "out"?
Ulos implies movement: going to the outside. If you were already outside, you would use the location word ulkona. Because the verb here is mennä (to go), we need the movement word ulos.