Questions & Answers about Minun sisareni asuu Espoossa.
Why is the pronoun minun used here, and could we drop it?
Yes, you can completely drop minun! For the first person (my) and second person (your), the pronoun is optional, so sisareni alone means exactly the same thing. However, remember that for the third person (his/her/their) you are learning right now, the pronoun is mandatory. You would have to say hänen sisarensa.
I usually see sisko for sister. Why does this sentence use sisar?
Both words mean sister, but sisko is much more common in everyday spoken Finnish. Sisar is a bit more formal or written. If you wanted to use the more common word here, the phrase would be Minun siskoni.
How exactly is the word sisareni built from the base word sisar?
To add the possessive suffix -ni, we first need the stem of the word. For words ending in consonants like sisar, Finnish usually adds an e to make it easier to attach endings. So the stem becomes sisare- plus the suffix -ni, giving us sisareni.
Why does Espoo take the -ssa ending here?
The ending -ssa means in (the inessive case). When talking about living in a specific city or town, Finnish almost always uses this case. Therefore, asuu Espoossa translates directly to lives in Espoo.
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