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Mä tykkään matkustaa, varsinkin kesällä.

Mä tykkään matkustaa, varsinkin kesällä.
I like to travel, especially in the summer.
From Lesson 161:Spoken connectors (mut, sit, et)·Finnish

Breakdown of Mä tykkään matkustaa, varsinkin kesällä.

minä
I
matkustaa
to travel
kesä
summer
tykätä
to like (colloquial)
varsinkin
especially

Questions & Answers about Mä tykkään matkustaa, varsinkin kesällä.

Why is the sentence using mä instead of minä?
Mä is the very common spoken language (puhekieli) version of minä (I). In everyday conversations and casual writing, Finns almost always use mä instead of the formal standard word.
I learned that tykätä (to like) requires the -sta/-stä ending. Why is matkustaa in its basic dictionary form here?
You are right that tykätä takes the -sta/-stä ending when you like a noun or a thing, for example, mä tykkään kahvista (I like coffee). However, when you like doing an action, the following verb stays in its basic dictionary form (the first infinitive). So, 'I like to travel' is simply mä tykkään matkustaa.
Why does kesällä use the -llä ending for 'in the summer'? Shouldn't it be -ssä for 'in'?
When talking about seasons and parts of the day, Finnish uses the adessive -lla/-llä ending rather than the inessive -ssa/-ssä (in). This is why 'in the summer' is kesällä, just like 'in the winter' is talvella and 'in the morning' is aamulla.
What does the -kin suffix do at the end of varsinkin?
The word varsinkin is built from varsin (quite or fairly) and the suffix -kin (also or even). Over time, these combined into a fixed vocabulary word that translates to 'especially' or 'particularly'.

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