Breakdown of Hän vie kirjan tuonne.
kirja
book
hän
he / she
viedä
to take (away, somewhere) / to take (time), require
tuonne
(to) over there
Questions & Answers about Hän vie kirjan tuonne.
Why is the word for book written as kirjan instead of just kirja?
Because it is the object of the sentence. When you do a complete action to a whole object, Finnish often uses the accusative case. For singular words like kirja, this looks exactly like the genitive case and adds an -n to the end.
I learned that ottaa means 'to take'. Why does this sentence use vie?
They mean different kinds of taking! Ottaa means to take, accept, or grab something (like taking a cookie from a plate). Vie comes from the verb viedä, which means to carry, transport, or lead something away to another place.
Why is 'over there' translated as tuonne instead of tuolla?
Finnish uses different words depending on whether there is movement toward a destination. Tuolla means something is currently resting 'over there' in a static location. Because the person is actively moving the book to a destination, you must use the directional word tuonne (to over there).
Does hän specifically mean 'he' in this sentence?
Not necessarily. The pronoun hän means both 'he' and 'she' because Finnish does not use gendered pronouns. Without more context from a story or conversation, this could just as easily mean 'She takes the book over there.'