Learn Finnish: Missä sinä opiskelet?

The dictionary form is opiskella (to study), which is a Type 3 verb because its ending has two consonants (-lla). To find the stem, you drop the final -la and add an -e-, giving you the stem opiskele-. Then, add the personal ending for 'you' (-t) to get opiskelet.

Can I drop the word sinä and just ask Missä opiskelet?

Yes, absolutely! Because the verb ending -t already tells us the subject is 'you', the pronoun sinä is optional. Leaving it out is very common in everyday Finnish.

I sometimes confuse the question words. Why use Missä here instead of Mihin or Mistä?

Missä is used when asking where an action takes place, meaning 'in what place'. Mistä means 'from where', and Mihin means 'to where'. Since studying happens at a set location, Missä is the correct choice.

The lesson covers negative verbs. How would I say 'You don't study'?