Breakdown of Tämä on ehdokas, jonka ura on mahtava.
tämä
this
olla
to be
mahtava
awesome
joka
who / which (relative pronoun)
ura
career
ehdokas
candidate
Questions & Answers about Tämä on ehdokas, jonka ura on mahtava.
Why do we use jonka here instead of just joka?
Jonka is the genitive (possessive) form of the relative pronoun joka (who/which). Just like "who" becomes "whose" in English to show possession, joka becomes jonka to show that the career (ura) belongs to the candidate.
Would jonka change if we were talking about multiple candidates?
Yes. The relative pronoun has to match the number (singular or plural) of the word it refers back to. Since we are talking about one candidate (ehdokas), we use the singular jonka. If we were talking about multiple candidates, we would use the plural genitive form joiden (whose).
Why is there a comma before jonka?
In Finnish punctuation rules, you must always put a comma before a relative clause. Anytime you start a secondary phrase with a form of joka, a comma is required to separate it from the main sentence.
Does the adjective mahtava need to be in a special form to match ura?
Adjectives always have to agree with the noun they describe. Because the noun ura (career) is the subject of the second phrase and is in its basic dictionary form (the nominative case), the adjective mahtava (awesome) also stays in its basic dictionary form.
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