Questions & Answers about Me haemme heidät hotellista.
Why do we use heidät here instead of he?
heidät is the object form (accusative case) of the pronoun he (they). You use it here because "they" are the direct target receiving the action of being picked up.
Doesn't the verb hakea usually mean "to fetch" or "to apply"?
Yes, hakea is a very versatile verb that means "to fetch", "to get", or "to apply for". When you talk about fetching a person, like in haemme heidät, the most natural English translation is "pick up".
Why is the ending -sta added to make hotellista?
The ending -sta means "from" or "out of" (this is called the elative case). Because we are picking them up from inside the hotel, we attach -sta to the base word hotelli.
Can I leave out the word me and just say Haemme heidät hotellista?
Absolutely! The verb ending -mme in haemme already tells us that "we" are doing the action, so the pronoun me is optional. Including it just adds a little extra emphasis.