Questions & Answers about Keväällä me olemme aina yhdessä.
The word for spring is kevät. Why does it change to keväällä here?
To say 'in the spring', Finnish uses the adessive case ending -lla or -llä on seasons. The word kevät has a special stem change before endings: the -t drops and the ä doubles to make the stem kevää-. Then we add the -llä ending.
Why does keväällä use the -llä ending instead of -lla?
This is because of vowel harmony. The vowels in the base word kevät are e and ä (front vowels). Because there are no back vowels (a, o, u), the ending must also use front vowels, making it -llä.
The word for 'together' is yhdessä. Does it have the -ssä 'in' ending?
Yes, exactly! Yhdessä is actually the word yksi (one) in the inessive ('in') case. So literally, it means 'in one', which is how Finnish expresses the concept of 'together'.
Can I put keväällä at the end of the sentence instead?
Yes, you can say Me olemme aina yhdessä keväällä. Finnish word order is quite flexible. Putting the time word Keväällä at the beginning just sets the scene, much like saying 'In the spring, we...' in English.
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