Word
Älkää lähtekö pakohuoneesta vielä!
Meaning
Do not leave the escape room yet!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Älkää lähtekö pakohuoneesta vielä!
vielä
yet / still
lähteä
to leave
älkää
do not (plural/formal)
pakohuone
escape room
Questions & Answers about Älkää lähtekö pakohuoneesta vielä!
Why is the verb form lähtekö instead of lähde or lähtekää?
This is the plural (or polite) negative imperative. The positive command to a group is lähtekää (leave!). To make it negative, you use the negative command word älkää (do not) and change the main verb's ending from -kää to -kö.
Why is the word for escape room in the -sta case (pakohuoneesta)?
The verb lähteä (to leave) is a directional verb in Finnish. It requires you to express where you are leaving from. Since you are physically inside the room, you use the elative case -sta (out of) rather than a basic object form.
How is the compound word pakohuoneesta formed?
It is made of pako (escape) and huone (room), followed by the case ending -sta (from/out of). The noun pako comes from the verb paeta (to flee or escape).
I usually see vielä translated as "still". Why does it mean "yet" here?
The word vielä is highly context-dependent. In positive sentences, it usually translates to "still". However, in negative sentences, such as this one starting with the negative command älkää, it naturally translates to "yet".