Breakdown of Me tehtiin tuli ja grillattiin eväät.
ja
and
tehdä
to do
eväs
snack
grillata
to grill
tuli
fire (a flame)
Questions & Answers about Me tehtiin tuli ja grillattiin eväät.
Why are the verbs tehtiin and grillattiin in the passive voice if the subject is me (we)?
In colloquial Finnish (puhekieli), it is standard to replace the first-person plural verb forms (like teimme and grillasimme) with the passive form. When you use the pronoun me with a passive verb, it just means 'we did' something.
Why is the word for fire tuli in its basic form instead of tulen?
This is a very important rule in spoken Finnish! In standard Finnish, you would say me teimme tulen using the genitive case for the object. But because the spoken version uses the passive verb form (tehtiin), the object must follow the passive rule: the object of a passive verb takes the basic nominative form (tuli).
How is the passive past formed for tehdä to get tehtiin?
Tehdä is a type 2 verb. To form the passive past, you take the stem teh-, add the passive marker -t-, the past tense -i-, and the passive ending -in to get tehtiin.
How does the verb grillata become grillattiin?
Grillata is a type 4 verb. For type 4, 5, and 6 verbs, the passive past is made by taking the infinitive, dropping the final vowel, and adding -ttiin. So grillata becomes grillattiin.
What exactly does the word eväät refer to here?
Eväät is the plural of eväs. It specifically refers to packed food, snacks, or a packed lunch that you take with you on an outing, hike, or to work.
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