Breakdown of Ne ei viitsis siivota keittiötä.
he
they
ei
no / not (negative verb)
siivota
to clean
keittiö
kitchen
Questions & Answers about Ne ei viitsis siivota keittiötä.
Why does viitsis end in an -s instead of -si?
This is the colloquial clipped conditional. In standard Finnish, the negative conditional is he eivät viitsisi. In spoken Finnish, the final -i of the conditional marker -isi is dropped, leaving just -is.
Why is the sentence using Ne ei instead of He eivät?
In colloquial spoken Finnish (puhekieli), the pronoun ne (literally: those) is almost always used instead of he (they). Additionally, spoken Finnish uses the third-person singular form of the negative verb for the plural, so eivät becomes ei.
Why is keittiötä in the partitive case?
Because the sentence is negative. The object of a negative sentence must always be in the partitive case. If this were a positive sentence about finishing the chore (They would clean the kitchen), the object would take the genitive-like accusative case: Ne siivoais keittiön.
What verb form is needed after viitsiä?
The verb viitsiä (to bother / to feel like doing) is followed by the basic dictionary form of an action verb, known as the first infinitive. In this sentence, it connects directly to siivota (to clean).