Word
En tiedä, mihin opiskelupaikkaan opiskelija päätyy.
Meaning
I do not know which place to study the student will end up in.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of En tiedä, mihin opiskelupaikkaan opiskelija päätyy.
mikä
what
opiskelija
student
ei
no / not (negative verb)
tietää
to know
Questions & Answers about En tiedä, mihin opiskelupaikkaan opiskelija päätyy.
Why are mihin and opiskelupaikkaan in the illative case here?
The verb päätyä (to end up) dictates this case. In Finnish, ending up somewhere is viewed as the final point of a movement or process, so it requires the illative case (the 'into' case) for the destination. This contrasts with English, which typically uses 'in'.
How do I know to use mihin instead of another form of 'which'?
The question word mikä (what/which) has to agree in case with the noun it modifies. Since päätyä forces opiskelupaikka into the illative case (opiskelupaikkaan), the pronoun must also take its illative form, mihin.
It is very easy to mix up päätyä and päättyä. How do they differ?
Päätyä (used in this sentence) means 'to end up' somewhere or making a certain choice, and it requires the illative case. Päättyä with a double TT means 'to end' or 'to finish', like a movie or a course ending.
Why is there a comma after tiedä?
The phrase starting with mihin is an indirect question. In Finnish, indirect questions are subordinate clauses, and subordinate clauses must always be separated from the main clause by a comma.