Minä juon kahvin kerralla.

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Breakdown of Minä juon kahvin kerralla.

• kahvi: the coffee
• juoda: to drink
• kerralla: at once

Questions & Answers about Minä juon kahvin kerralla.

What does each word in Minä juon kahvin kerralla literally mean?

Word by word:

• Minä – I (1st person singular pronoun)
• juon – (I) drink
  
  • from the verb juoda = to drink
  • juon is present tense, 1st person singular
• kahvin – the coffee / that coffee / the cup of coffee (as a whole thing)
• kerralla – in one go / at one time / in one sitting

So a fairly literal translation could be: “I drink the coffee in one go.”

Why is it kahvin and not kahvi or kahvia?