Breakdown of Mä en ollu varoittanu sua, mut sä et ollu menettäny mitään.
olla
to be
minä
I
sinä
you
mutta
but
ei
no / not (negative verb)
mikään
anything, nothing (with negation)
varoittaa
to warn
menettää
to lose (possession, abstract)
Questions & Answers about Mä en ollu varoittanu sua, mut sä et ollu menettäny mitään.
Why do the verbs ollu, varoittanu, and menettäny not end in a -t?
This sentence is written in spoken Finnish. In everyday speech, the final -t is almost always dropped from the past participle forms. In standard written Finnish, the pluperfect negative forms would be en ollut varoittanut and et ollut menettänyt.
Why is the object sua (you) in the partitive case here?
What are the standard written forms for mä, sä, and mut?
Mä is the spoken form of minä (I), sä is sinä (you), and mut is a shortened spoken version of mutta (but). Recognizing these very common spoken forms is essential for understanding real-life Finnish.
Why is mitään used here for "anything"?
Mitään is the partitive form of mikään. Because the second half of the sentence is negative (et ollu menettäny), the object must be in the partitive case. Mitään is the standard pronoun used for "anything" in negative sentences, whereas a positive sentence would use a word like jotain (something).
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