Kerhohuoneessa istumme tänä iltana yhdessä ja juomme kahvia.

In the common room we are sitting together tonight and drinking coffee.

Breakdown of Kerhohuoneessa istumme tänä iltana yhdessä ja juomme kahvia.

• tämä: this
• ja: and
• kahvi: the coffee
• juoda: to drink

Questions & Answers about Kerhohuoneessa istumme tänä iltana yhdessä ja juomme kahvia.

What does kerhohuoneessa mean, and why does it end in -ssa?

Kerhohuoneessa is the form of kerhohuone meaning club room or common room.

The ending -ssa / -ssä is the inessive case, which usually means in or inside something.

• kerhohuone = club room
• kerhohuoneessa = in the club room

So Finnish often uses a case ending where English would use a separate preposition like in.

Why is there no separate word for we in this sentence?

Finnish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already shows who is doing the action.

Here:

• istumme = we sit / we are sitting
• juomme = we drink / we are drinking

Because the -mme ending already means we, the pronoun me is not necessary.

You could say Me istumme..., but it is usually omitted unless you want extra emphasis, such as we as opposed to someone else.

How does istumme work grammatically?