Breakdown of Minun täytyy kiittää teitä upeasta läsnäolostanne.
minä
I
te
you (plural/formal)
kiittää
to thank
täytyä
to have to
läsnäolo
presence
upea
wonderful (magnificent, gorgeous)
Questions & Answers about Minun täytyy kiittää teitä upeasta läsnäolostanne.
Why do we use the elative case ending -sta on upeasta läsnäolostanne?
This is the core rule for the verb kiittää (to thank). When you thank someone for something in Finnish, the thing you are thanking them for must be in the elative case (-sta or -stä).
Why is the word for "you" (teitä) in the partitive case here?
The verb kiittää requires the person being thanked to be formatted as a partitive object. So you always use the partitive case for the person you are expressing gratitude to.
What are the different pieces attached to the end of läsnäolostanne?
The base word is läsnäolo (presence). First we add the elative ending -sta (because of the verb kiittää). Then we add the possessive suffix -nne (your, plural or formal). Notice that the adjective upeasta (wonderful) also takes the -sta ending to match, but it doesn't need the possessive suffix.
I see minun täytyy. Why doesn't the sentence just start with minä?
Verbs of necessity, like täytyy (must) or pitää (have to), require their subject to be in the genitive case (minun). This is a great refresher on this structure: the person who has to do the action is always in the genitive, and the necessity verb itself always stays in the third-person singular.
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