Breakdown of Kävimme eilen jossakin muussa autoliikkeessä.
eilen
yesterday
muu
other, else
käydä
to visit, to go (and come back)
jokin
something
autoliike
car dealership
Questions & Answers about Kävimme eilen jossakin muussa autoliikkeessä.
Why does the sentence use muussa instead of toisessa?
This relates to our current lesson! Muu is used when you mean a different, alternative thing ("some other dealership, not this one"). Toinen is typically used when you mean "one more of the same kind" (another) or "the other one" (out of exactly two). Since they went to a completely alternative place, muussa is the right choice.
Why do jossakin, muussa, and autoliikkeessä all have the -ssa/-ssä ending?
The verb käydä (to visit) requires the location to be in a location case, usually the inessive (-ssa/-ssä, meaning "in"). In Finnish, modifiers have to match the case of the noun they describe. Because the noun is autoliikkeessä, the pronouns jokin (some) and muu (other) must also take the inessive case, becoming the chain jossakin muussa autoliikkeessä.
Could I use jossain instead of jossakin?
Yes, absolutely! Jossakin and jossain are just variations of the same word (the inessive form of jokin). Jossakin is standard and slightly more formal, while jossain is very common in everyday spoken Finnish.
What happens to the word autoliike when the -ssä ending is added?
The base word is autoliike (car dealership). Nouns ending in -e undergo reverse consonant gradation. This means the dictionary form has the "weak" consonant (a single k), but when you add an ending, the stem gets an extra e and takes the "strong" consonant (a double kk). So, liike becomes the stem liikkee-, and with the ending it becomes liikkeessä.
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