Breakdown of Me olemme väsyneitä, koska etsimme uutta asuntoa tästä kaupungista.
tämä
this
olla
to be
väsynyt
tired
me
we
uusi
new
koska
because
kaupunki
city
etsiä
to look for
asunto
apartment
Questions & Answers about Me olemme väsyneitä, koska etsimme uutta asuntoa tästä kaupungista.
Why does the sentence use tästä kaupungista (literally "from this city") when the English translation says "in this city"?
This is the core rule for the verb etsiä (to search for). In Finnish, verbs related to searching, finding, and buying require a location in a Mistä (from where) case, such as the elative (-sta/-stä). Finnish logic views the apartment as eventually being retrieved or coming out of the city once you find it.
Why is the object uutta asuntoa in the partitive case rather than the accusative?
The verb etsiä always requires its object to be in the partitive case. This is because searching is considered an irresultative or ongoing action—you are in the process of looking, and you haven't actually obtained the apartment yet.
Why is the word for tired (väsynyt) in the partitive plural form (väsyneitä)?
When describing a plural subject like me (we) with the verb olla (to be), the adjective describing them (the predicative adjective) must be in the partitive plural. If the subject were singular, it would be in the basic nominative case: Minä olen väsynyt.
I learned that the past tense of "we search" is also etsimme. How do we know this is present tense?
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