Breakdown of Hän on yhtä kykenevä tiimityöhön kuin minä.
olla
to be
minä
I
hän
he / she
kuin
than / before (in 'ennen kuin') / like / as
yhtä
equally / as
kykenevä
capable
tiimityö
teamwork
Questions & Answers about Hän on yhtä kykenevä tiimityöhön kuin minä.
Why is tiimityö in the illative case (tiimityöhön)?
The adjective kykenevä (capable) requires the illative case. In Finnish, you aren't capable of something, you are capable into it.
Is kykenevä related to a verb? It looks like a participle.
Yes, it is the present active participle (the -va/-vä ending) of the verb kyetä (to be able to), functioning here as an adjective. Because the verb kyetä requires the illative case, its adjective form kykenevä keeps this exact same rule (rection).
How does the "as capable as" structure work in Finnish?
To say "as [adjective] as", you use the structure yhtä + [adjective] + kuin. Here, yhtä kykenevä ... kuin translates to "as capable ... as". The word yhtä literally means "equally", so it is like saying "equally capable into teamwork as I".
Why does the illative of tiimityö end in -hön instead of just doubling the last vowel?
This is a compound word ending in työ (work). Short, one-syllable words ending in a diphthong (like työ, yö, or tie) form their illative case with the ending -hVn (where V matches the last vowel). That is why työ becomes työhön, making the whole word tiimityöhön.
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