Questions & Answers about Mitäköhän täällä ullakolla on?
What does the clitic -köhän do in the word mitäköhän?
It fuses the question clitic -kö and the softening clitic -hän. When attached to a question word like mitä (what), it changes a direct question into a pondering statement like 'I wonder what...'. It uses -köhän instead of -kohan because of the front vowels in mitä.
Why use the partitive mitä instead of the basic form mikä?
This is an existential sentence expressing that something exists in a location. In these sentences, the thing existing is often in the partitive case because its identity or quantity is unknown. Using mitä reflects that we expect to find an undefined amount or type of stuff in the attic.
Why are both täällä and ullakolla used together?
The word täällä (here) is a general location word. In Finnish, it is very common to place täällä right before a specific location to emphasize 'here in this specific place'. They both share the same -lla/-llä ending because the attic (ullakko) requires the adessive case to express being 'in' or 'on' it.
Why does the verb on come at the very end of this sentence?