Word
Suunnistamme kartan avulla.
Meaning
We navigate with the help of a map.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Suunnistamme kartan avulla.
kartta
the map
avulla
with the help of
suunnistaa
to navigate; orienteer
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Questions & Answers about Suunnistamme kartan avulla.
What does suunnistamme break down into?
Suunnistamme comes from the verb suunnistaa.
It breaks down like this:
- suunnistaa = to navigate / to do orienteering / to find one’s way
- -mme = we
So suunnistamme means we navigate, we find our way, or in some contexts we are orienteering.
This is the present tense, first person plural.
A few similar forms:
- suunnistan = I navigate
- suunnistat = you navigate
- suunnistaa = he/she/it navigates
- suunnistamme = we navigate
- suunnistatte = you (plural) navigate
- suunnistavat = they navigate
Why is there no separate word for we in the sentence?