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    In general "käydä"+inessive (or adessive) means "go somewhere and come back". E.g. "käydä kaupassa"= "go to the grocery store (and come back)", "käydä kylässä" or "käydä vieraisilla" means "go for a visit at a friends house (and come back)". The verb "mennä" is usually used with the illative or the allative case and it indicates going somewhere but it doesn't say anything about coming back. E.g. "äiti meni olohuoneeseen" = "Mom went to the living room (and she's probably still there or at least we're not interested in what happened next)". "Tulla" + illative/allative simply means coming somewhere, e.g. "tulin Suomeen". Tulla is also used meaning "to become/turn out something". E.g. "kakusta tuli herkullinen" = "the cake turned out delicious", or less commonly with the structure "kissa on tullut lihavaksi liiasta ruoasta" = "the cat has become fat because of too much food".
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    December 1, 2011
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    The plural marker is indeed not quite correct. In words ending in "ä" (any I can think of at least) the plural marker i replaces the ä, it's not added after it unlike in e.g. words ending in "o". Therefore pitkä -> pitkissä pimeä -> pimeissä päivä -> päivissä Note that the endings require ä instead of a because there's no a/o/u in the stem of the word. Also the inessive case is not correct here, the essive should be used (don't ask me why, that's just the way it is :). Hence, as already answered, we get "Mitä aiotte tehdä pitkinä, pimeinä talvipäivinä?" "Pitkinä ja pimeinä talvipäivinä aion opiskella vieraita kieliä!"
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    November 29, 2011
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    "Miten menee s(in)ulla?", "Kuinka menee sinulla?" and "Mitä kuuluu sinulle?" are all using the wrong word order - it should be "Miten s(in)ulla menee?", ("Kuinka sinulla menee?") and "Mitä sinulle kuuluu?" instead. "Kuinka sinulla menee?" is grammatically correct, but sounds very odd. Short forms like "Miten menee?" and "Mitä kuuluu?" are more common. "Mitä sinä teet?" means "What are you doing?" or "What do you do?" but it's not usable if you're asking for someone's occupation. You could instead ask "Mitä (sinä) teet työksesi?" or "Mikä sinä olet ammatiltasi?"
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    November 29, 2011
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