Breakdown of Tunteeko toi tyyppi sua?
tuntea
to know (a person)
sä
you (spoken, incl. sun, sua)
tyyppi
person / guy
toi
that (spoken)
Questions & Answers about Tunteeko toi tyyppi sua?
What is "toi" short for in this sentence?
toi is the common spoken language (puhekieli) version of tuo, meaning "that". It pairs with tyyppi to mean "that guy".
Why is "you" translated as "sua" instead of "sä"?
sua is the spoken version of sinua, which is the partitive form of "you". We need the partitive here because the verb tuntea (to know someone) takes a partitive object. If "you" were the subject doing the action, it would be the spoken nominative sä.
Doesn't the verb "tietää" mean "to know"? Why use "tuntea"?
Does "tyyppi" always mean "guy"?
In casual everyday speech, yes, it's the standard word for "guy", "dude", or just "person". Literally, it means "type" (as in a category of something), but people use it all the time to refer to individuals.
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