Learn Finnish: Toimistossa arvioidaan tuottavuutta tarkemmin. - Productivity is evaluated more carefully in the office.

Toimistossa arvioidaan tuottavuutta tarkemmin.

Productivity is evaluated more carefully in the office.

Breakdown of Toimistossa arvioidaan tuottavuutta tarkemmin.

toimisto

office

tarkasti

carefully (closely, attentively)

Questions & Answers about Toimistossa arvioidaan tuottavuutta tarkemmin.

How is the comparative adverb tarkemmin formed here?

The base adjective is tarkka (careful). To make the basic adverb 'carefully', we usually add -sti to get tarkasti. To say 'more carefully' (the comparative form), we use the suffix -mmin. We take the inflectional stem of the adjective, which is tarke-, and add -mmin to make tarkemmin.

Why does arvioidaan translate to 'is evaluated' rather than someone specific doing the evaluating?

Arvioidaan is the present passive form of the verb arvioida (to evaluate). Finnish uses the passive voice when an action is performed by human beings, but the specific person doing it isn't mentioned or isn't the focus.

Why is the word for productivity, tuottavuutta, in the partitive case?

Productivity is the object of the sentence, meaning it is the thing being evaluated. Because tuottavuus (productivity) is an abstract, uncountable concept, its object form must take the partitive case, which is formed here by adding the -tta ending.

Why does the Finnish sentence start with Toimistossa (in the office) instead of the word for productivity?

In Finnish passive sentences, there is no grammatical subject doing the action. Because of this, it is very common to start the sentence with a location or a time to set the scene. Starting with Toimistossa gives the context right away before introducing the action.