Breakdown of Juhli tätä merkkipäivää, jona vallankumous alkoi!
tämä
this
alkaa
to start
juhlia
to party / to celebrate
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
vallankumous
revolution
merkkipäivä
the special day
Questions & Answers about Juhli tätä merkkipäivää, jona vallankumous alkoi!
Why is the relative pronoun jona in the essive case instead of a location case like the inessive (jossa)?
In Finnish, the essive case (ending in -na or -nä) is often used to indicate a point in time, such as specific days or dates (like maanantaina, "on Monday"). Because merkkipäivä refers to a specific day, the relative pronoun joka takes the essive form jona to mean "on which (day)".
Why is tätä merkkipäivää in the partitive case?
The verb juhlia (to celebrate) is a partitive verb. This means the object it affects must be in the partitive case. Therefore, the phrase tämä merkkipäivä becomes tätä merkkipäivää.
How is the command form Juhli formed?
Juhli is the informal singular imperative (command) form of the verb juhlia. To form it, you take the first-person singular present tense form (minä juhlin, "I celebrate") and drop the personal ending -n.
The word vallankumous (revolution) is a compound word. What are its parts?
It combines vallan (the genitive form of valta, meaning "power" or "authority") and kumous (overturning or upheaval). Literally, it means "the overturning of power".
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