Questions & Answers about Me satutimme itsemme eilen.
How is the word itsemme formed to mean "ourselves"?
It comes from the reflexive pronoun itse (self). To say "ourselves", you take the base word and add the possessive suffix that matches the subject me (we), which is -mme. This gives us itsemme.
Why doesn't itse have an object ending like -n here, since "ourselves" is the object of the action?
In Finnish grammar, when a word gets a possessive suffix like -mme, the standard genitive or accusative ending -n is dropped. So instead of "itsen" + mme, the root remains itse, leaving us with just itsemme.
How do we get satutimme from the dictionary form satuttaa?
Satuttaa (to hurt) is a verb type 1. To form the past tense, the final -a is replaced by the past tense marker -i-. Also, adding the personal ending -mme closes the syllable, causing the double -tt- to weaken to a single -t- due to consonant gradation. The result is satut- + -i- + -mme = satutimme.
I have seen the verb sattua used for "to hurt". Why use satuttaa here?
Sattua means "to hurt" in the sense of aching or feeling pain, and it does not take a direct object (e.g., "Päähän sattuu" - My head hurts). Satuttaa, on the other hand, means "to cause pain to someone or something" and requires an object. Since we are doing the action to an object (itsemme), we must use satuttaa.
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