Word
Hänkin on eri mieltä.
Meaning
He also disagrees.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Hänkin on eri mieltä.
olla
to be
hän
he / she
-kin
also / too (suffix)
eri mieltä
in disagreement, of a different opinion
Questions & Answers about Hänkin on eri mieltä.
How does the ending -kin work in Hänkin?
The ending -kin means "also" or "too". In Finnish, you attach it directly to the word that "also" focuses on. Here, it is attached to the pronoun hän (he/she), so hänkin means "he also" or "he too".
Why does eri mieltä mean "disagrees"?
Literally, eri means "different" and mieli means "mind" or "opinion". The phrase olla eri mieltä literally translates to "to be of a different mind", which is the standard Finnish way to say "to disagree".
Why is the word mieli in the partitive case (mieltä)?
When you express an opinion using olla (to be), the word mieli must be in the partitive case. You are describing a state of being "of a" mind, rather than being a physical mind itself.
Why doesn't the word eri take a partitive ending to match mieltä?
Usually, adjectives change to match the case of the noun they describe. However, eri is a special exception. It is an indeclinable word, meaning it never takes any case endings, no matter what case the following noun is in.