Luemme kansallispuiston ohjeet ja jokaisenoikeudet ennen kuin leiriydymme.

Because -mme is the Finnish personal ending for we in the present tense.

• luemme = we read
• leiriydymme = we camp / we set up camp

Finnish usually does not need a separate subject pronoun like me for we, because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. You can add me for emphasis, but it is not necessary.

kansallispuiston is the genitive singular of kansallispuisto.

Here it shows that the instructions belong to, or are associated with, the national park:

• kansallispuiston ohjeet = the national park’s instructions

This is a very common structure in Finnish. English often uses either:

• the park’s instructions
• the instructions of the park
• or a noun-noun structure like park instructions

Finnish normally uses the genitive -n for this kind of relationship.

ohjeet is the plural form of ohje and here it functions as a total object.

That means the sentence is talking about reading the instructions as a complete, specific set, not just some instructions in general.

• ohjeet = the instructions / all the instructions
• ohjeita = instructions / some instructions

In Finnish object grammar, a plural total object looks like the plural nominative, so you get:

• luemme ohjeet = we read the instructions
• luemme ohjeita = we are reading instructions / some instructions

The same idea applies to jokaisenoikeudet in this sentence.

jokaisenoikeudet is a compound noun, and Finnish writes compounds as one word.

It is built from:

• jokaisen = everyone’s / each person’s
• oikeudet = rights

So literally it is something like everyone’s rights, but in this context it refers to the Finnish concept often translated as Everyman’s Rights or public access rights.

A useful extra note: many learners also see jokamiehenoikeudet, which is the more traditional term. jokaisenoikeudet is a more gender-inclusive alternative.

Because oikeus means right, and the concept is normally talked about as a set of rights, not just one right.

So:

• oikeus = a right
• oikeudet = rights

In this sentence, jokaisenoikeudet is coordinated with ohjeet:

• kansallispuiston ohjeet ja jokaisenoikeudet

Both are things that we read.

ennen kuin means before when it introduces a full clause with a conjugated verb.

Here the clause is:

• ennen kuin leiriydymme = before we camp

This is different from using a noun-like structure such as:

• ennen leiriytymistä = before camping / before setting up camp

So ennen kuin is used because the sentence continues with a normal finite verb, leiriydymme.

leiriydymme is the 1st person plural present tense of leiriytyä.

So:

• leiriytyä = to camp / to set up camp
• leiriydymme = we camp / we set up camp

The verb is intransitive here: it describes what we do ourselves, not something we do to an object.

Also, even though the verb looks a bit long, the ending is still easy to spot:

• stem + -mme = we

The given order is natural and neutral:

• Luemme kansallispuiston ohjeet ja jokaisenoikeudet ennen kuin leiriydymme.

But Finnish word order is fairly flexible. For example, you could also say:

• Ennen kuin leiriydymme, luemme kansallispuiston ohjeet ja jokaisenoikeudet.

That version emphasizes the time relationship a bit more at the beginning: Before we camp...

So the original order is normal, but it is not the only possible order.

Because Finnish has no articles like a or the.

Whether something is understood as definite or indefinite usually comes from:

• context
• word order
• the meaning of the sentence
• whether the noun is specific or general

So Finnish simply says:

• kansallispuiston ohjeet
• jokaisenoikeudet

where English naturally says the national park’s instructions and the public access rights / Everyman’s Rights.

Yes, but it is usually unnecessary.

You could say:

• Me luemme kansallispuiston ohjeet ja jokaisenoikeudet ennen kuin leiriydymme.

That is grammatical, but it sounds more emphatic, as if you want to stress we.

In ordinary Finnish, the verb endings already show the subject clearly, so leaving out me is the most natural choice.