Word
Mennään sisään, muuten sä kastut.
Meaning
Let's go inside, otherwise you will get wet.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Mennään sisään, muuten sä kastut.
Why is the pronoun sä used here instead of sinä?
Sä is the very common spoken language (puhekieli) version of the pronoun sinä (you). In everyday conversation, Finns almost always use shortened pronouns like mä (I) and sä (you) instead of their formal written forms.
Why use the passive form mennään for 'Let's go'?
In Finnish, the passive form of a verb is the standard way to suggest doing something together, translating roughly to 'Let's do X.' In everyday speech, this passive form is incredibly common and also replaces the standard 'we' form (me menemme often becomes me mennään).
Why is 'inside' translated as sisään rather than sisällä?
Finnish uses different word endings for location depending on whether there is movement. Sisällä means you are already static inside a place. Sisään indicates movement into the inside. Because the sentence involves going (mennään), you must use the movement-towards form.
Where does the word kastut come from, and why not use the adjective märkä (wet)?
Kastut comes from the verb kastua, which means to get wet or to become wet. Finnish frequently uses specific verbs to describe a change of state rather than combining a verb like 'become' with an adjective. Instead of saying you will become märkä, you simply use the verb kastua.