Breakdown of Emme katso finaalia emmekä avaa striimiä.
ei
no / not (negative verb)
katsoa
to watch
avata
to open
finaali
final (sports, competition)
striimi
stream
Questions & Answers about Emme katso finaalia emmekä avaa striimiä.
How would we say 'Let us watch the final and open the stream!' using the formal affirmative imperative taught in this lesson?
You would attach the -kaamme/-käämme suffix to the imperative stem of the verbs. This gives Katsokaamme finaali ja avatkaamme striimi! Notice that because the sentence is now affirmative and commands a complete action, the objects change from the partitive case to the endingless accusative (nominative-looking) case.
Why does the sentence use emmekä instead of ja emme?
In Finnish, you generally avoid using ja (and) immediately followed by a negative verb. Instead, you attach the enclitic suffix -kä to the conjugated negative verb. Here, emme (we don't) becomes emmekä (nor do we / and we don't).
Why are katso and avaa in these specific forms instead of their dictionary forms?
These are the present connegative forms, which must be used after the negative verb emme (and emmekä). For katsoa (verb type 1), you take the minä form (katson) and drop the -n, leaving katso. For avata (verb type 4), dropping the personal ending from avaan gives avaa.
Why are the objects finaalia and striimiä in the partitive case here?
They are objects of a negative sentence. In Finnish, if an action does not happen, its object must always be in the partitive case. If this were an affirmative sentence expressing a completed action, you would use the accusative case (e.g., Avaamme striimin).
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