Breakdown of En muista, hävisimmekö kierroksen.
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
muistaa
to remember
hävitä
to lose
kierros
round
Questions & Answers about En muista, hävisimmekö kierroksen.
How does the word hävisimmekö translate to "if we lost"? Where is the word for "if"?
In Finnish, indirect "if" or "whether" questions do not use a separate word (like jos). Instead, you attach the question suffix -ko or -kö directly to the verb you are asking about. Here, hävisimme (we lost) becomes hävisimmekö (whether/if we lost).
Why does the suffix use -kö instead of -ko?
This is because of vowel harmony. The verb hävisimme contains the front vowel ä (along with neutral vowels i and e). Because of the ä, the ending must also use the front vowel version, which is -kö.
Why is the word for round, kierros, in the -n form (kierroksen)?
kierroksen is the object of the verb hävisimmekö. Even though the main sentence starts with a negative (En muista), the sub-clause about losing is a positive question. Because we are talking about losing the entire round, the object takes the total object form, which ends in -n.
The verb "to lose" is hävitä. How did it become hävisimme?