Breakdown of Kannattaa harrastaa liikuntaa vähintään kaksi kertaa viikossa.
kaksi
two
kerta
time
viikko
week
kannattaa
to be profitable / to be worth it
Questions & Answers about Kannattaa harrastaa liikuntaa vähintään kaksi kertaa viikossa.
Why is there no pronoun before the verb kannattaa?
The verb kannattaa (to be worthwhile) is used here in a generic zero-person construction to make a general recommendation. Because it means "one should" and applies to anyone, no subject pronoun is needed, and the verb stays in the third-person singular.
Why is the word for exercise, liikuntaa, in the partitive case here?
The verb harrastaa (to do as a hobby, to regularly practice) requires its object to be in the partitive case. Because exercising is an ongoing activity without a specific end point, liikunta takes the partitive ending -a.
Why do we use the inessive ending -ssa in viikossa to say "a week"?
In Finnish, frequency is expressed using the inessive case (-ssa or -ssä), which literally means "in". So, kaksi kertaa viikossa translates literally as "two times in a week".