Breakdown of Tausta meidän takanamme on tosi pimeä.
olla
to be
me
we
takana
behind
pimeä
dark
tausta
the background
tosi
really (intensifier)
Questions & Answers about Tausta meidän takanamme on tosi pimeä.
Why does the word takanamme have the ending -mme?
In Finnish, when a postposition is used with a personal pronoun (like meidän), the postposition takes a possessive suffix that matches the pronoun. Because meidän means 'our' or 'of us', we add the first-person plural suffix -mme to the postposition takana (behind).
Can I drop the word meidän and just say takanamme?
Yes! For first- and second-person pronouns (I, you, we, you all), you can drop the pronoun itself. The suffix -mme in takanamme already tells us it means 'behind us'. Keeping meidän in the sentence is perfectly correct, though, and is often used for a little extra emphasis.
Does takana share a root with words like takaisin?
Yes, it does. They both come from the root taka-, which refers to the 'back'. Takana uses a location ending to mean 'at the back' or 'behind', while a word like takaisin implies movement 'back' to a previous place or state.
Why is tosi used here for 'really'? Doesn't it mean 'true'?
You are right that the basic meaning of tosi is 'true'. However, in everyday spoken Finnish, tosi is constantly used as a handy word for 'really' or 'very'. You could also use standard words like todella or hyvin, but tosi pimeä is what you will hear most often in casual speech.
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