From what I’ve read ‘tässä’ is used as ’here’ for a small area. But Duolingo gave me this and now I’m confused…
Any help would be appreciated!
Kiitos!
by mstn148
From what I’ve read ‘tässä’ is used as ’here’ for a small area. But Duolingo gave me this and now I’m confused…
Any help would be appreciated!
Kiitos!
by mstn148
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From what i understand tässä is like ” I want to live in this country”. If you say for example I live in a blue house it would be “minä asun tässä sinisessä talossa”.
Tässä doesn’t have to be a small area, it’s more like a specific area like a country with borders. Tässä also has other uses [uusikielemme.fi/finnish-vocabulary/word-types/adverbs/tassa-tasta-tahan-here-in-finnish](https://uusikielemme.fi/finnish-vocabulary/word-types/adverbs/tassa-tasta-tahan-here-in-finnish)
tässä is usually used for a confined and specific space.
Finland is pretty small compared to the whole globe
Tässä on this case is just “in this”.
Finland, Suomi
in Finland, Suomessa
This, Tämä
in this, tässä
This country -> Tämä maa
In this country -> Tässä maassa
From this country -> Tästä maasta
Welcome to [Finnish postpositions](https://uusikielemme.fi/finnish-grammar/syntax/constructions/postpositions-finnish-grammar).