Breakdown of Mihin epäilyttävä nainen meni? Hän katsoi meitä kaikkia.
hän
he / she
me
we
nainen
woman
katsoa
to watch
Questions & Answers about Mihin epäilyttävä nainen meni? Hän katsoi meitä kaikkia.
Why are both meitä and kaikkia in the partitive case here?
The verb katsoa (to look at) requires its object to be in the partitive case. When combining a personal pronoun (me, us) with a quantifier like kaikki (all), both words must agree and take the exact same case. Therefore, me becomes meitä and kaikki becomes kaikkia.
Why does the sentence use mihin instead of missä for the word where?
In Finnish, motion verbs like mennä (to go) require a direction or destination case. Because the woman is moving towards a location, you must use the direction form mihin (where to) rather than the static form missä (in where).
How is the adjective epäilyttävä formed?
It is derived from the verb epäillä (to suspect or doubt). Adding the suffix -ttävä creates an adjective describing something that causes that action to happen. Therefore, an epäilyttävä nainen is a woman who causes people to suspect her, meaning a suspicious woman.
Could I change the word order to hän katsoi kaikkia meitä?