Breakdown of Aloittakaa hyökkäys täältä!
aloittaa
to start (something)
täältä
from here
hyökkäys
attack (assault / offensive)
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Questions & Answers about Aloittakaa hyökkäys täältä!
How does täältä fit into the three-way directional system for adverbs?
In Finnish, spatial adverbs change based on movement. täällä means statically being "here", and tänne means moving "to here". Because the action of the attack is originating "from here", we use the ablative (from) form täältä.
What does the -kaa ending on aloittakaa indicate?
It is the plural imperative ending. It tells us this is a command directed at more than one person (plural "you", te), or it is being used as a polite, formal command to one person. The basic verb is aloittaa (to start).
hyökkäys is the object of the sentence. Why isn't it in the typical object form hyökkäyksen?
This is a handy rule for commands: when the verb is in the imperative form (like aloittakaa), a whole object drops the normal -n ending. Therefore, hyökkäys (the attack) looks exactly like its basic dictionary form.