a wish: (I wish you) a good trip
Toivotan sinulle hyvää matkaa.I wish you a good trip.
Hyvä matka! in the nominative reads as a remark about a trip, not a wish for one.
Concept · Partitiivi
The partitive
The partitive marks something without a fixed amount or a finished whole. It is the object of an action still going on (siellä pestään lattiaa), the object of any negative sentence, commands included (Älkää unohtako passeja), the count after a number (kaksi viikkoa), and the form of wishes and greetings (Hyvää matkaa!, Hyvää huomenta).
Model
The model
Needed for Short message phrases.
Taught in Lyhyen viestin kirjoittaminen.
Units
Words and constructions
don’t forget (to several people) · не забудьте
Älkää unohtako passeja!Don’t forget your passports!
To one person: älä unohda. A negative takes a partitive object: passeja.
Wishing you all the bestformal
Literally “wishing (you) a good continuation”. Hyvää jatkoa! on its own is a very common goodbye, in shops too.
Say hi to your family
Perheellesi is perhee-, the stem of perhe, plus -lle (“to”) and -si (“your”).
Speedy recovery!
Have a good trip!
Have a nice holiday!
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Literally “a good continuation of the summer”. Swap the season for the rest of the year: Hyvää syksyn jatkoa!
Enjoy your work!
Literally “joy of work”. You say it to someone starting a job or heading off to work. English has no neat equivalent.
All the best to you!
Good luck in your new home!
Onnea uuteen kotiin!Good luck in your new home!
Onnea takes the illative, because the wish goes “into” the new thing. The same frame gives Onnea uuteen työhön! (“Good luck in your new job!”).
Watch out
Traps
- A negative sentence turns its object partitive: Ottakaa passit! but Älkää unohtako passeja!
- With an object, some frame words change meaning: nauttia keittoa is having soup, nauttia keitosta enjoying it.
- Hyvä matka! in the basic form reads as a remark about a trip, not a wish for one.
Retrieval
Practice
Every item from every lesson that practises this concept, spaced like the rest of your reviews.
12 sentences across every lesson.
Spacing
Coming back
Do a practice round today, then come back in two days. Missed items return first.