Pyysimme yhden vihjeen.

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Breakdown of Pyysimme yhden vihjeen.

• pyytää: to ask for
• vihje: the hint

Questions & Answers about Pyysimme yhden vihjeen.

What does pyysimme mean grammatically?

Pyysimme is the verb in the sentence, and it is:

• the past tense
• first person plural
• from the dictionary form pyytää = to ask / to request

So grammatically, pyysimme means we asked or we requested.

A useful breakdown is:

• pyysi- = past-tense stem
• -mme = we

So the whole form already includes the idea of we.

Why is there no separate word for we?

Because Finnish usually does not need a subject pronoun when the verb ending already shows the person.

Here, -mme in pyysimme already tells you the subject is we.

So:

• Pyysimme yhden vihjeen. = normal, natural Finnish
• Me pyysimme yhden vihjeen. = also possible, but me adds emphasis or contrast

For example, me might be included if you want to stress we rather than someone else.

Why isn’t there a word for for, like in English ask for?