Breakdown of Minua ei enää ahdista, kun on minun puheenvuoroni.
olla
to be
minä
I
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
enää
anymore
kun
when (conjunction)
ahdistaa
to cause anxiety
puheenvuoro
turn to speak
Questions & Answers about Minua ei enää ahdista, kun on minun puheenvuoroni.
Why does the sentence start with the partitive Minua instead of Minä?
This sentence uses a subjectless emotion structure. Verbs that describe feelings, like ahdistaa (to cause anxiety), put the person feeling the emotion in the partitive case (minua) instead of the nominative. You can think of it literally as "It does not cause anxiety to me."
If the sentence means "I don't feel anxious," why is the negative verb ei instead of the 1st person en?
Because this is a subjectless sentence, the verb doesn't agree with the person experiencing the feeling. Emotion verbs in this structure are always locked into the 3rd person singular. That means we must use the 3rd person negative word ei, not the 1st person en.
How does the word enää work in this sentence?
The word enää translates to "anymore" or "any longer" and is almost always used in negative sentences. It typically comes directly after the negative verb, which is why it sits right between ei and the main verb ahdista.
Why does puheenvuoroni end in -ni if minun already means "my"?
In standard Finnish, indicating ownership requires both the genitive pronoun (minun) and the matching possessive suffix attached to the noun itself (-ni). While colloquial spoken Finnish often drops the suffix, standard written Finnish requires both pieces.
Learn Minua ei enää ahdista, kun on minun puheenvuoroni and more in Finnish
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free