Saat vihjeen, kunhan pyydät sitä ääneen.

You will get a hint as long as you ask for it aloud.

Breakdown of Saat vihjeen, kunhan pyydät sitä ääneen.

• se: it
• saada: to get
• pyytää: to ask for
• ääneen: out loud

Questions & Answers about Saat vihjeen, kunhan pyydät sitä ääneen.

What form is saat?

Saat is the 2nd person singular present tense of saada (to get, receive).

• minä saan = I get
• sinä saat = you get
• hän saa = he/she gets

So here saat means you get / you will get. In Finnish, the present tense is often used for a future result if the context makes it clear.

Why is it vihjeen and not vihje?

Vihjeen is the object form here, specifically the total object. In the singular, that often looks the same as the genitive ending -n.

The idea is that you receive a complete hint, not just some indefinite amount of hint-like information.

Compare:

• Saat vihjeen = you get the/a whole hint
• Saat vihjettä = you get some hint / hinting (less natural here)

So vihjeen fits because the action has a clear completed result.

What does kunhan mean here?

Here kunhan means something like:

• as long as
• provided that
• if only

So the sentence means that getting the hint depends on one condition: you ask for it out loud.

This is stronger and more specific than a simple when. It sets a condition.