Breakdown of Mä oisin tosi iloinen, jos toi istunto auttais mua.
olla
to be
tuo
that
minä
I
iloinen
happy
auttaa
to help
jos
if
tosi
really (intensifier)
istunto
the session
Questions & Answers about Mä oisin tosi iloinen, jos toi istunto auttais mua.
How would I express this same idea using the lesson's focus structure with tuntea (to feel)?
You could say Mä tuntisin itseni tosi iloiseksi. Instead of the verb olla (to be), we use the conditional tuntisin (I would feel), the reflexive pronoun itseni (myself), and put the adjective in the translative case iloiseksi. The translative is required here because it expresses a state or feeling you enter into as a result of the session.
Why are the verbs written as oisin and auttais instead of their standard conditional forms?
This sentence is written in colloquial spoken Finnish (puhekieli). The standard written forms are olisin and auttaisi. In spoken language, the -l- often drops from the verb olla making it oisin, and the final -i is frequently dropped from the third-person conditional ending making auttaisi into auttais.
Why is the object mua in the partitive case?
The verb auttaa (to help) always requires its object to be in the partitive case, regardless of whether the action is completed or ongoing. Mua is the standard spoken form of the partitive pronoun minua.
Is it normal to use toi when referring to an abstract concept like an istunto (session)?
Yes! While tuo (and its spoken form toi) is often taught as pointing to physical objects further away, in natural Finnish it is very commonly used to refer back to abstract concepts, topics, or events that were just mentioned in the conversation.
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