Minulla on vain kuusi euroa tänään.

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Breakdown of Minulla on vain kuusi euroa tänään.

• tänään: today
• vain: only
• euro: the euro

Questions & Answers about Minulla on vain kuusi euroa tänään.

Why does Finnish say minulla on instead of using something like minä olen for I have?

Finnish usually expresses possession with a structure that literally looks more like at me is than I have.

• minulla = on/at me
• on = is
• kuusi euroa = six euros

So Minulla on kuusi euroa literally means At me there is six euros, but the natural English translation is I have six euros.

This is the normal Finnish way to say that someone has something.

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What form is minulla?

Minulla is the adessive form of the pronoun minä (I).

For personal pronouns in this possession structure, Finnish uses these forms:

• minulla = I have
• sinulla = you have
• hänellä = he/she has
• meillä = we have
• teillä = you plural / formal you have
• heillä = they have

The ending -lla/-llä often has meanings like on, at, or by, but in sentences of possession it is simply the standard way to mark the possessor.

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