Breakdown of Sataa, siksi me jäämme kotiin.
me
we
sataa
to rain
koti
the home
jäädä
to stay
siksi
that's why, therefore
Questions & Answers about Sataa, siksi me jäämme kotiin.
The lesson is about miksi (why). Is siksi related to it?
Yes! Just like miksi means "why", siksi means "for that reason" or "that's why". If someone asks a question starting with Miksi... (Why...), you will often hear the answer start with Siksi, että... (Because...).
Why is there no word for "it" in front of sataa (is raining)?
In Finnish, weather verbs like sataa (to rain) don't use a subject pronoun like "it" in English. You just use the verb on its own.
Why is the word for home in the form kotiin here? Doesn't that mean "into the home"?
Yes, it does! In English, we say we stay in or at a place, but in Finnish, the verb jäädä (to stay) requires the location to be in the "where to" form. Finns think of it as directing your staying action into a place. That's why it is kotiin instead of kotona (at home).
Can I drop the word me and just say siksi jäämme kotiin?
Yes, you can! Because the verb ending -mme already tells us the subject is "we", the pronoun me is optional in Finnish. Both are perfectly correct.
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