Questions & Answers about Tämä leikki on hauska.
What does tämä mean, and how is it different from se and tuo?
Tämä means this (near the speaker).
Finnish has three very common words that all often translate as this/that/it:
tämä = this (physically or mentally close to the speaker)
- Tämä leikki on hauska. – This game is fun.
tuo = that (over there) (visible but not so close)
- Tuo leikki on hauska. – That game (over there) is fun.
se = that / it (already known from context, or not important where it is)
- Se leikki on hauska. – That game is fun / The game is fun.
In your sentence, tämä leikki picks out a specific game that is “here” or very present in the situation: this game.
Why is leikki in this form and not leikin or leikkiä?