Breakdown of Tänä kesänä kiertue on täysin loppuunmyyty.
olla
to be
kesä
summer
täysin
completely
tänä
this (with time)
Questions & Answers about Tänä kesänä kiertue on täysin loppuunmyyty.
Why do we use the essive case in tänä kesänä instead of a spatial case like tässä kesässä?
In Finnish, a specific point in time like days, weeks, and seasons usually takes the essive case ending -nä. Tänä is the irregular essive form of tämä (this). When using tämä, both the pronoun and the noun must match in the essive case.
If both words take the essive case in tänä kesänä, how would you say next summer?
You would say ensi kesänä. The words ensi (next) and viime (last) are special time modifiers because they are indeclinable. They never take case endings, even though the noun following them still requires the essive -nä.
How exactly is the word loppuunmyyty built?
It is a compound word made of two parts: loppuun (into the end, the illative case of loppu) and myyty (sold, which is the passive past participle of myydä). So literally, it translates to sold to the end.
Could I use kokonaan instead of täysin to mean completely here?
Yes, you could say kokonaan loppuunmyyty, but täysin is often the more natural choice. Täysin is typically used to intensify adjectives or participles to mean 100 percent, while kokonaan usually implies that an entire physical object is affected or an action is entirely finished.