Breakdown of Pyydämme pientä panosta jokaiselta.
pieni
small
pyytää
to ask for
jokainen
every / each (declinable)
panos
contribution / effort (input, stake)
Questions & Answers about Pyydämme pientä panosta jokaiselta.
Why is jokaiselta in the ablative (-lta) case here?
It means 'from each' or 'from everyone'. When you ask someone for something in Finnish using the verb pyytää, you ask it from them, which requires the ablative case (-lta or -ltä). The pronoun jokainen drops its -nen ending and uses the stem jokaise- before adding the case ending.
The English translation says 'everyone', but doesn't jokainen mean 'each' or 'every'?
Exactly! jokainen literally means 'each one' or 'every one'. While you could use kaikilta (from all), using jokaiselta strongly emphasizes that the request goes to each individual person. English often translates both as 'everyone' to sound natural.
Why are pientä and panosta in the partitive case?
They make up the object of the verb pyydämme (we ask for). The verb pyytää typically takes a partitive object because you are asking for an indefinite or abstract amount of something, like a 'contribution' here.
What is the base form of panosta?