Breakdown of Me nautitaan lenkkeilemisestä, mut inhotaan imuroimista.
mutta
but
me
we
nauttia
to enjoy
inhota
to loathe
imuroida
to vacuum
lenkkeillä
to jog
Questions & Answers about Me nautitaan lenkkeilemisestä, mut inhotaan imuroimista.
Why does lenkkeilemisestä end in -stä (elative) while imuroimista ends in -ta (partitive)?
This is due to verb rection, meaning certain verbs demand a specific case. The verb nauttia (to enjoy) always takes the elative case (-sta/-stä). On the other hand, inhota (to loathe) is an emotion verb that takes the partitive case. When you turn an activity into a minen noun to use with these verbs, the ending has to match that required case.
How exactly are the words lenkkeilemisestä and imuroimista built?
They use the 4th infinitive, often called the minen noun, which turns a verb into an activity (like adding -ing in English). You take the strong vowel stem of the verb and add the case ending. For lenkkeillä, the stem is lenkkeile-, which becomes lenkkeileminen, and then changes to lenkkeilemisestä in the elative. For imuroida, the stem is imuroi-, becoming imuroiminen, and then imuroimista in the partitive.
Why does the sentence use the passive forms nautitaan and inhotaan if the subject is me (we)?
In spoken Finnish, the standard first-person plural forms (like me nautimme and me inhoamme) are almost entirely replaced by the pronoun me plus the passive form of the verb. Because this sentence represents everyday colloquial speech, me nautitaan and me inhotaan are the natural choices.
Is mut a standard word for but?
mut is the extremely common spoken-language abbreviation of mutta (but). It fits perfectly here alongside the spoken-style me + passive verbs.
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