Breakdown of Me mennään ulos, koska me itsenäistytään yhä enemmän.
me
we
koska
because
mennä
to go
ulos
out
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
yhä
still, yet (continuing)
itsenäistyä
to become independent
Questions & Answers about Me mennään ulos, koska me itsenäistytään yhä enemmän.
Why does this sentence use yhä enemmän instead of repeating the word to say 'more and more'?
Unlike English, which repeats the comparative (more and more, bigger and bigger), Finnish uses the adverb yhä followed by a single comparative word. yhä indicates a continuous, ongoing change, so yhä enemmän perfectly captures the idea of becoming 'continually more' independent.
Why are the verbs mennään and itsenäistytään in the passive form when the subject is clearly me?
In spoken colloquial Finnish, the passive form is almost always used for the first person plural (we) instead of the standard written forms like menemme and itsenäistymme. When using the passive this way, you must always include the pronoun me so people know you mean 'we' rather than a general passive action.
How does the word itsenäistytään break down?
The base verb is itsenäistyä (to become independent). It is built from the adjective itsenäinen (independent). The suffix -tyä or -tua is a very common way in Finnish to turn an adjective into a verb that means 'to become [adjective]', which perfectly matches the idea of an ongoing change happening in this sentence.
Could I use aina vaan instead of yhä to mean the same thing?
Yes! In spoken Finnish, aina vaan enemmän is a very common alternative to yhä enemmän. While yhä is slightly more standard and elegant, both are frequently used in everyday speech to show that a state is constantly changing.
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