Breakdown of Loma ei ole hauska, koska me emme ole yhdessä.
olla
to be
me
we
koska
because
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
Questions & Answers about Loma ei ole hauska, koska me emme ole yhdessä.
Why does the verb ole look the same in both ei ole and emme ole?
In Finnish, when you make a sentence negative, the negative word (like ei or emme) is actually a verb that gets conjugated to match the subject. The main verb that follows it drops its personal ending and stays in a fixed form. For the verb olla (to be), this form is always ole.
Is the pronoun me required before emme ole?
No, it is optional! Because emme is already conjugated for "we", you could just say koska emme ole yhdessä. Including me is very normal, though, and often used for clarity or emphasis in spoken Finnish.
Why doesn't the adjective hauska have any special endings here?
Because the subject of the sentence, loma (holiday), is in its basic dictionary form. Adjectives have to match the noun they describe, so hauska stays in its basic form too.
Where does the word yhdessä come from?
It translates to "together", but it is actually built from the number yksi (one) and the "in" ending -ssä. So it literally means "in one"!