Breakdown of Muutto on kuukauden kuluttua, ja sitten olemme yhdessä.
olla
to be
ja
and
sitten
then
yhdessä
together
Questions & Answers about Muutto on kuukauden kuluttua, ja sitten olemme yhdessä.
Why is kuukausi in the genitive case (kuukauden) here?
The postposition kuluttua (in / after a period of time) always requires the word before it to be in the genitive case. Therefore, the basic form kuukausi changes to the genitive kuukauden.
This lesson is about sitten meaning "ago", so why does it translate to "then" in this sentence?
The word sitten plays two different roles in Finnish. When it comes immediately after a time word, it acts as a postposition meaning "ago" (for example, kuukausi sitten). But when it stands alone like it does here, it is just a regular adverb meaning "then".
The English translation says "we will be", but olemme is present tense. How do we know it refers to the future?
Finnish does not have a dedicated future tense. Instead, you use the present tense and let the context show that it happens later. Here, the phrase kuukauden kuluttua (in a month) makes it obvious that olemme refers to the future.
Where does the word yhdessä (together) come from?
It is actually the inessive case (the -ssä ending, meaning "in") of the number yksi (one). So literally, yhdessä means "in one", which translates perfectly to "together" in English.