Hyräilen vielä sitä melodiaa kotona.

at home

Breakdown of Hyräilen vielä sitä melodiaa kotona.

• se: that
• vielä: still
• melodia: the melody

Questions & Answers about Hyräilen vielä sitä melodiaa kotona.

What form is hyräilen?

It is the 1st person singular present tense form of hyräillä, so it means I hum or I’m humming depending on context.

Breakdown:

• hyräillä = to hum
• -n is the usual I ending in the present tense, but here the stem is hyräile-, so the full form is hyräilen

Because Finnish marks the subject on the verb, the pronoun minä is not necessary.

Why is there no minä in the sentence?

Finnish often leaves subject pronouns out when they are clear from the verb ending.

So:

• hyräilen already tells you the subject is I
• adding minä would usually give extra emphasis or contrast

For example:

• Hyräilen vielä sitä melodiaa kotona. = neutral
• Minä hyräilen vielä sitä melodiaa kotona. = I’m still humming that melody at home, maybe contrasting with someone else

What does vielä mean here?