Breakdown of Tämä on osasto, jonka johtaja palkkaa sinut.
tämä
this
olla
to be
sinut
you (object)
johtaja
the director
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
osasto
department
palkata
to hire
Questions & Answers about Tämä on osasto, jonka johtaja palkkaa sinut.
Why is the relative pronoun jonka in the genitive case here?
Why does jonka come right before johtaja?
In Finnish, a genitive word almost always sits directly in front of the thing it owns. Because it is the department's manager, the relative pronoun jonka must be placed right before johtaja.
Why is the object "you" translated as sinut instead of sinä?
sinut is the accusative case of the personal pronoun sinä. When a personal pronoun is the total object of an action (meaning the action is or will be completed), it takes this special -t ending. Here, you are the completed object of the hiring.
The English translation says "will hire", but is palkkaa in the present tense?
Yes, palkkaa is the present tense of the verb palkata (to hire). Finnish does not have a separate future tense. Instead, it uses the present tense for future events. Using the total object sinut helps signal that this is a finalized future action.
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