Breakdown of Me kiipeämme, koska sää on kaunis.
olla
to be
me
we
koska
because
kaunis
beautiful
sää
the weather
kiivetä
to climb
Questions & Answers about Me kiipeämme, koska sää on kaunis.
The current lesson is about the superlative ending -in, but kaunis is just the basic "beautiful". How would I change this to say "the weather is the most beautiful"?
To make the superlative, we use the stem of kaunis, which is kaunii-. When adding the superlative -in ending, the final i of the stem changes to e, giving us kaunein. So you would say: koska sää on kaunein.
The dictionary form for "to climb" is kiivetä. Where does the p in kiipeämme come from?
Kiivetä is a Type 4 verb, which means it uses "reverse" consonant gradation. The infinitive form has the weak consonant (v), but the conjugated stem uses the strong consonant (p). The stem becomes kiipeä-, to which you add the -mme ending.
I've also learned the word ilma for weather. Could I use that here instead of sää?
Yes, you can! Ilma literally means "air", but it is used just as often as sää to talk about the weather. Saying koska ilma on kaunis is perfectly natural and means exactly the same thing.
Do I need to include the word Me (we) at the beginning of the sentence?
No, it's optional. Because the verb kiipeämme ends in -mme, it's already completely clear that "we" are the ones climbing. Including Me just emphasizes who is doing the action.
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