Questions & Answers about Me menemme alas kellariin.
Why does kellari have an -in ending here?
The ending tells us the direction of movement. Because you are moving 'into' the cellar, Finnish uses the illative case. For words ending in a short vowel like kellari, you simply double the last vowel and add -n, making it kellariin.
Could I drop the word Me and just start with Menemme?
Yes! The -mme ending on the verb menemme already tells us that the subject is 'we'. Saying Menemme alas kellariin is perfectly natural. Including the pronoun Me just puts a little more emphasis on who is doing the going.
Why use alas for 'down' instead of alhaalla?
Finnish uses different words depending on whether you are moving somewhere or already resting there. alas is used when you are actively moving downwards. If you were already hanging out down in the cellar, you would use the location word alhaalla.
How do we get menemme from the dictionary form mennä?
The dictionary word for 'to go' is mennä. To make it match 'we', you first find the word stem by changing the -nnä part to -ne-, giving you the base mene-. Then you add the 'we' ending -mme to get menemme.
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