Breakdown of Emmekö me saa uusia poletteja edes eurolla?
me
we
uusi
new
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
euro
euro
Questions & Answers about Emmekö me saa uusia poletteja edes eurolla?
Why is the word for euro in the adessive case (eurolla)?
This is the adessive of price, the main topic of this lesson! The adessive ending -lla/-llä is used to state the exact amount of money exchanged in a transaction. Here, eurolla means "for one euro."
Why is the object uusia poletteja in the partitive case?
Because this is a negative sentence. The sentence is framed around the negative verb emmekö ("do we not" or "can't we"). In Finnish, the object of a negative sentence must always take the partitive case, which is why uusi poletti becomes the partitive plural uusia poletteja.
What does edes mean here, and why is it placed before eurolla?
edes means "even" when used in negative contexts (acting as "not even"). It is placed immediately before the word or phrase it emphasizes. By saying edes eurolla, the speaker emphasizes the unexpectedly low price they are failing to get a deal on: "not even for a euro".
How exactly is the word emmekö formed?
It is the first-person plural negative verb emme ("we do not") combined with the question clitic -kö. To ask a negative question like "Don't we?" or "Can't we?", Finnish attaches the question clitic directly to the conjugated negative verb and places it at the very beginning of the sentence.