Breakdown of Me syömme illallista yhdessä joka ilta.
me
we
syödä
to eat
ilta
evening
yhdessä
together
illallinen
supper (the evening meal)
Questions & Answers about Me syömme illallista yhdessä joka ilta.
Why is the word for supper in the partitive case (illallista)?
When talking about eating meals like breakfast, lunch, or supper as a routine or general activity, Finnish uses the partitive case. You would only use the total object (like illallisen) if you were emphasizing eating one specific, entire meal from start to absolute finish.
I know yksi means one. Is yhdessä related to it?
Yes! Yhdessä is literally the inessive case (meaning in) of the number one (yksi). So when you do something in one, you are doing it together.
Why is ilta in the basic nominative case after joka? Shouldn't time expressions take a specific case?
The word joka (every) is a special pronoun that does not change its ending here. When used in time expressions like every evening (joka ilta) or every day (joka päivä), the noun that follows it stays in the basic nominative case.
Could I leave out the word Me and just say Syömme illallista...?
Yes, you can. In Finnish, the verb ending -mme already tells us the subject is we. Using Me just adds a little bit of emphasis, though including the pronoun is very common in everyday spoken Finnish.
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