Breakdown of Menemme gaalaan, upeaan tapahtumaan, katsomaan julkkiksia.
katsoa
to watch
mennä
to go
tapahtuma
event
upea
wonderful (magnificent, gorgeous)
gaala
the gala
julkkis
the celebrity
Questions & Answers about Menemme gaalaan, upeaan tapahtumaan, katsomaan julkkiksia.
Why is upeaan tapahtumaan in the illative case?
It is an apposition—a descriptive phrase that renames the noun right next to it (gaalaan). In standard Finnish, an apposition must match the grammatical case of its head noun. Since we are going to the gala (gaalaan is illative), the apposition must also take the illative case.
Do both words in the apposition phrase need to take the illative ending?
Why is the verb "to watch" in the form katsomaan rather than the basic dictionary form katsoa?
The main verb here is menemme (we go). In Finnish, when you go somewhere in order to do something, the action verb must be in the third infinitive illative form (the -maan / -mään ending). Even though the apposition is separated by commas, katsomaan is still directly driven by the verb of motion menemme.
Why is julkkiksia in the partitive plural, and how is it formed?
The verb katsoa (to watch/look at) is a partitive verb, which means its object must be in the partitive case. The base word is julkkis (celebrity). For nouns ending in -is, the basic stem becomes -kse- (as in julkkiksen), and the partitive plural is formed by adding -ksia.
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