Breakdown of Meiän kaveri on onnistunu tosi hyvin.
olla
to be
hyvin
well
meidän
our, ours
tosi
really (intensifier)
Questions & Answers about Meiän kaveri on onnistunu tosi hyvin.
Why is it meiän instead of meidän?
In spoken Finnish (puhekieli), the letter d is often dropped when it appears between vowels. So, the standard word meidän (our) becomes meiän. You will also hear this with other pronouns, like teiän instead of teidän (your).
What happened to the end of the word onnistunu?
This is the active past participle of the verb onnistua (to succeed). In standard written Finnish, the perfect tense is on onnistunut (has succeeded). In everyday spoken Finnish, the final -t of this participle is almost always dropped, leaving just onnistunu.
Is tosi used the same way as todella?
Yes! The word tosi literally means true, but it is heavily used in spoken Finnish as an adverb meaning really or very, just like todella. It is extremely common to hear colloquial phrases like tosi hyvin (really well).
Why use the perfect tense on onnistunu instead of the simple past?
Just like in English, the perfect tense on onnistunu (has succeeded) connects a past action to the present moment, emphasizing the current ongoing result of the success. The simple past onnistui (succeeded) would just state a completed historical fact.