Tietenkin voin auttaa.

Of course I can help.

Breakdown of Tietenkin voin auttaa.

• voida: to be able to
• auttaa: to help
• tietenkin: of course

Questions & Answers about Tietenkin voin auttaa.

What does tietenkin mean, and how is it different from tietysti?

Tietenkin means of course, certainly, or naturally.

It is very close in meaning to tietysti, which also means of course. In many situations, they are interchangeable. However:

• tietenkin can sound a little more emphatic or explicit
• tietysti is often very common in everyday speech and may sound slightly more neutral

In this sentence, Tietenkin voin auttaa. means something like Of course I can help.

Why is it voin and not minä voin?

In Finnish, the verb ending often already shows who the subject is, so the subject pronoun is often omitted.

Here:

• voin = I can

The ending -n tells you the subject is I. Because of that, minä is not necessary.

So:

• voin auttaa = I can help
• minä voin auttaa = also correct, but more explicit or emphatic

Finnish often leaves out pronouns when they are clear from the verb form.

What form of the verb is voin?