Questions & Answers about Se ois tosi pätevä tohon tehtävään.
Why is 'for that task' translated with the illative case (tohon tehtävään) instead of a word like varten?
This is because of adjective rection. The adjective pätevä (qualified or competent) requires the illative case (the 'into' case) to express what someone is qualified for. While English says 'qualified for', Finnish effectively says 'qualified into'.
I thought se meant 'it'. Why does the translation say 'He would be'?
In spoken and everyday Finnish, se is very frequently used to mean 'he' or 'she', replacing the standard written word hän.
What word is ois?
Ois is the common spoken shortening of olisi, which is the conditional form of olla (to be). This is why se ois translates to 'he would be'.
What is the dictionary form of tohon, and why does it look like that here?
Tohon is the spoken version of tuohon. This is the illative case of the pronoun tuo (that). It takes this form because it must agree with the case of the noun it modifies, which is tehtävään (into the task).