Breakdown of Tehdään tämä homma huomenna.
tämä
this
huomenna
tomorrow
tehdä
to do
homma
gig, thing to do (colloquial)
Questions & Answers about Tehdään tämä homma huomenna.
Why does tehdään mean 'let's do'? Isn't it a passive verb?
Yes, tehdään is technically the present passive form of tehdä (to do). In spoken Finnish, using the passive form without a pronoun is the standard way to say 'Let's do something!' If you added the pronoun me before it (me tehdään), it would just mean 'we do'.
Why is the object tämä homma in the basic nominative case instead of the genitive-looking tämän homman?
The rule in Finnish is that the total object of a passive verb takes the basic nominative case, never the genitive -n ending. Since 'let's do' relies on the passive verb tehdään, its object tämä homma must remain in its dictionary form.
Is homma a formal word for 'thing' or 'job'?
No, homma is a very common everyday spoken word meaning 'job', 'task', 'project', or 'thing'. If you wanted to sound more formal, you might write tehtävä (task) or asia (matter), but for a spoken 'let's do this' sentence, tämä homma is extremely natural.
Why does huomenna have the -nna ending?
The word for tomorrow is built using the essive case ending -na or -nä. This case is often used to pinpoint a day or time when something happens (like maanantaina for 'on Monday'). It attaches to the old root huomen- (morning) to create huomenna.