Breakdown of Meneekö ne leffaan myöhemmin?
ne
they / those (non-human) / they (of people)
mennä
to go
myöhemmin
later
leffa
movie (colloquial)
Questions & Answers about Meneekö ne leffaan myöhemmin?
Why is the verb meneekö in the singular form when the subject is the plural ne (they)?
In spoken Finnish (puhekieli), the third-person plural pronoun he (they) is almost always replaced by ne (which means 'those' in standard Finnish). When using ne for people, the verb heavily drops the plural ending and takes the third-person singular form. So instead of the written Menevätkö he?, you will hear Meneekö ne?.
The lesson teaches that menen shortens to meen. Why doesn't meneekö shorten here?
While the first and second person forms shorten to meen (I go) and meet (you go) in spoken Finnish, the third-person singular form menee usually doesn't shorten. It stays as menee, and with the question particle attached, it remains meneekö.
Is leffaan a spoken language word?
Yes, it comes from leffa, which is the very common everyday word for elokuva (movie). It is in the illative (into) case here, so leffaan translates to 'to the movies' or 'to the movie'.
What kind of word is myöhemmin?
It is the comparative form of the adverb myöhään (late). In Finnish, adverbs often take the -mmin ending to form the comparative, turning 'late' into 'later'.