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Questions & Answers about Miksi ne erosi?
Why is ne used here for 'they' instead of he?
In everyday spoken Finnish (puhekieli), people almost always use the pronoun ne (which means 'those' in standard written Finnish) to refer to groups of people instead of the standard pronoun he.
If ne is plural, why is the verb erosi in a singular form?
This is a key rule of spoken Finnish taught in this lesson: when ne is the subject, the verb drops the plural ending (-vat or -vät) and takes the third-person singular form instead. Standard Finnish uses he erosivat, but spoken Finnish uses ne erosi.
How is the past tense erosi formed from the dictionary word erota?
Erota (to separate or break up) is a type 4 verb. For most type 4 verbs ending in -ta or -tä, you can easily form the third-person singular past tense by replacing that ending with -si. Therefore, erota becomes erosi.
Does erota only mean 'to break up' romantically?
It frequently means to break up or get divorced when talking about couples, but it is also the standard verb for resigning or quitting a job, or simply separating from a group.