Word
Mä en oo onnistunu vielä, mut mä en luovuta.
Meaning
I haven't succeeded yet, but I am not giving up.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Mä en oo onnistunu vielä, mut mä en luovuta.
olla
to be
minä
I
mutta
but
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
Questions & Answers about Mä en oo onnistunu vielä, mut mä en luovuta.
Why is it onnistunu instead of onnistunut?
In spoken Finnish, the final -t in past participles is often dropped. So, the standard onnistunut (succeeded) becomes onnistunu. This perfectly matches the pattern for creating spoken perfect and past perfect tenses in everyday speech.
Is oo a shortened form of ole?
Yes! In spoken Finnish, ole almost always drops its end to become oo. Here, en oo onnistunu is the spoken version of the standard negative perfect tense en ole onnistunut (I have not succeeded).
Are mä and mut also part of spoken Finnish?
Exactly. Mä is the extremely common spoken version of minä (I), and mut is short for mutta (but). You will hear these constantly in everyday conversation.
Why does the verb luovuttaa (to give up) look like luovuta here?
It is in the negative present form. When you use the negative verb en (I do not), you use the verb stem minus the personal ending. This triggers consonant gradation, changing the strong -tt- in the dictionary form luovuttaa to the weak -t- in luovuta.