Questions & Answers about Täällähän on paljon hyttysiä!
How does the -hän clitic change the meaning of the sentence?
In this context, -hän expresses surprise or a sudden observation. It turns a plain statement into an exclamation like "Wow, there sure are a lot of mosquitoes here!" It makes the sentence feel more like a shared realization.
Why is the clitic spelled -hän instead of -han?
This is due to vowel harmony. Because the root word täällä contains front vowels (ä), any endings attached to it must also use front vowels. Therefore, it takes -hän.
Why do we use the singular verb on when there are multiple mosquitoes?
This is an existential sentence (a "there is / there are" sentence). In Finnish, existential sentences always use the third-person singular verb on, regardless of how many things are being introduced.
Why is the word for mosquitoes (hyttysiä) in the partitive plural?
The word paljon (a lot) always requires the word that follows it to be in the partitive case. Since we are talking about a plural amount of a countable noun, we use the partitive plural form of hyttynen.