Word
On todellinen onni, että sinä olet täällä.
Meaning
It is real luck that you are here.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of On todellinen onni, että sinä olet täällä.
olla
to be
sinä
you
täällä
here
että
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about On todellinen onni, että sinä olet täällä.
Why does the sentence start with just On instead of Se on for "It is"?
In Finnish, sentences describing a general state, feelings, or weather often drop the pronoun for "it" (se). You just start directly with the verb, so On acts as "It is" all by itself.
Does the word onni mean "luck" or "happiness"?
It means both! In Finnish, onni covers both concepts. You have to tell from the context whether someone is talking about being lucky or being happy. In this sentence, "real luck" makes the most sense.
Why use täällä for "here" instead of tässä?
Täällä refers to a larger, less specific area, like "in this place" or "around here". Tässä refers to a very exact, specific spot right next to the speaker. Because the speaker just means "here with us in this location", täällä is the natural choice.
The word todellinen ends in -nen. How does this type of word behave in other sentences?
Finnish words ending in -nen change their ending to -se- before you add most grammar endings. For example, if you needed to say "of real luck" (the genitive case), it would become todellisen onnen. In this sentence, it is just in its basic dictionary form.