Word
Toukokuussa pyöräilemme paljon ja kesäkuussa uimme.
Meaning
In May we cycle a lot, and in June we swim.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Toukokuussa pyöräilemme paljon ja kesäkuussa uimme.
ja
and
paljon
a lot
uida
to swim
pyöräillä
to cycle
Questions & Answers about Toukokuussa pyöräilemme paljon ja kesäkuussa uimme.
How do you say 'in' a certain month, like 'in May' or 'in June'?
To say 'in' a month, add the inessive case ending -ssa or -ssä directly to the name of the month. Toukokuu (May) becomes toukokuussa (in May), and kesäkuu (June) becomes kesäkuussa (in June).
Why are there no words for 'we' before the verbs pyöräilemme and uimme?
In Finnish, the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. The -mme ending on both verbs means 'we'. Because of this, you can safely drop the pronoun me (we) from the sentence unless you really want to emphasize who is doing the action.
Both toukokuussa and kesäkuussa have the word kuu in them. What does it mean?
The word kuu means both 'moon' and 'month'. All twelve months in Finnish end with -kuu. For example, kesä means 'summer', so kesäkuu literally translates to 'summer month'!
Why do we use the ending -ssa for both months, rather than -ssä?
It comes down to vowel harmony. The ending depends on the vowels in the word. Because all month names end in -kuu, and u is a back vowel, the 'in' ending for every single month will always be -ssa.