Word
Me tapaamme etsiä luovuutta kirjoituskoneella.
Meaning
We tend to look for creativity with a typewriter.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Me tapaamme etsiä luovuutta kirjoituskoneella.
me
we
etsiä
to look for
tavata
to tend to / usually do (habitually)
kirjoituskone
typewriter
Questions & Answers about Me tapaamme etsiä luovuutta kirjoituskoneella.
Wait, doesn't tavata usually mean to meet? Why is it used here?
While tavata does mean to meet, in this sentence it acts as an auxiliary verb meaning to tend to or to be in the habit of doing something. When used this way, it is always followed by the first infinitive of the main verb, which is etsiä here.
How does this habitual use of tavata compare to just using an adverb like yleensä?
They convey the exact same meaning, but tapaamme etsiä sounds a bit more literary and formal. In everyday spoken Finnish, you are much more likely to express this habit by simply saying me etsimme yleensä (we usually search).
Why is the object luovuutta in the partitive case?
The verb etsiä (to look for) is a partitive verb, meaning its object must take the partitive case. Additionally, luovuus (creativity) is an abstract uncountable concept, which reinforces the need for the partitive.
What role does the -lla ending play in kirjoituskoneella?
The adessive case ending -lla is used here to indicate an instrument or tool. It translates to with or by means of, showing that the typewriter is the tool being used to look for creativity.