Breakdown of Säästä riippuen menemme rannalle tai museoon.
tai
or
ranta
beach
mennä
to go
museo
the museum
sää
the weather
riippuen
depending on
Questions & Answers about Säästä riippuen menemme rannalle tai museoon.
The lesson is about riippumatta (regardless of), but this sentence uses riippuen. How are they related?
They are opposites that both come from the verb riippua (to depend). Riippuen means 'depending on', while riippumatta means 'without depending on' or 'regardless of'. Because they stem from the same verb, they both require the attached noun to be in the elative case, which is why we see säästä here.
Why is 'to the beach' rannalle but 'to the museum' is museoon?
This highlights the difference between internal and external location cases. You go 'onto' a beach because it is an open, outdoor surface, so it takes the allative case (-lle). A museum is an enclosed building that you go 'into', so it takes the illative case (where the final vowel doubles and adds an -n).
What grammatical form is riippuen?
It is an infinitive form of the verb riippua (to depend) with the instructive ending -en. This specific form often describes the manner in which something happens. Over time, riippuen has become a fixed phrase used just like an adposition meaning 'depending on'.
Does säästä riippuen have to be at the beginning of the sentence?
No, you could also say Menemme rannalle tai museoon säästä riippuen. Putting it at the beginning simply places extra emphasis on the condition, just like starting with 'Depending on the weather...' does in English.
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