Learn Finnish: Teen etätyötä, joten tarvitsen hyvän verkon. - I do remote work, so I need a good network.

Joten is a relative conjunction meaning 'so' or 'therefore,' and it links two complete clauses. In Finnish, you always put a comma before a conjunction that starts a new clause (a part of the sentence with its own verb, like tarvitsen here).

Why is etätyötä in the partitive case, but hyvän verkon is in the genitive-accusative?

This shows the difference between an ongoing action and a complete object. Teen etätyötä means you are doing remote work generally (an ongoing or indefinite activity), so it takes the partitive. However, you need one complete, specific thing (a good network), so hyvän verkon takes the genitive-looking accusative case to show it is a total object.

Why does verkko drop a 'k' in verkon?

This is standard consonant gradation. When you add a closed ending like -n to a word with a double consonant like kk, it softens to a single k. So the dictionary form verkko becomes verkon.

Is etä- a common prefix in Finnish?

Yes, it is used to mean 'remote' or 'distance.' Besides etätyö (remote work), you will often see it in modern work and school vocabulary like etäopiskelu (distance learning) or etäkokous (remote meeting).