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No. 522 in Finnish

meitä

"Meitä" means "us" or "of us" in English.

In a sentence

  • Meitä on täällä viisi.

    There are five of us here.

    Here, 'meitä', a personal pronoun, is used in partitive plural to indicate 'us' as a part of a group of people whose total number is five.

  • He eivät odottaneet meitä.

    They did not wait for us.

    'Meitä' acts as the object in this sentence, emphasizing the receiving end of the action of not waiting.

  • Meitä kiinnostaa luonto.

    We are interested in nature.

    In this sentence, 'meitä' is used impersonally in partitive plural to express an interest attributable to 'us' in nature.

  • Hän näkee meitä puistossa.

    They see us in the park.

    Here, "meitä" is used as the object of the verb "näkee" (sees), indicating the action's target is the group including the speaker.

  • Meitä naurattaa tämä elokuva.

    We find this movie funny.

    In this case, "meitä" is part of an experiential structure, reflecting the group affected by the verb "naurattaa" (find funny).

  • On huolestuttavaa, kuinka paljon meitä uhkaa ilmastonmuutos.

    It is concerning how much climate change threatens us.

    Here, "meitä" acts as the object of the verb "uhkaa" (threatens), showing who is impacted by the action described.

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