Questions & Answers about Tuleeko sinusta tämän alan yrittäjä?
Why is the verb tuleeko in the third-person singular "it" form instead of the "you" form (tuletko)?
In the "tulla" transformation construction, the verb is always in the third-person singular (tulee). The person or thing that is transforming is expressed in the elative case (sinusta). Instead of saying "you become", Finnish literally phrases this as "out of you comes".
When talking about becoming something, don't we usually use the translative case (-ksi)? Why is yrittäjä in the nominative here?
You are right that verbs expressing change, like muuttua (to change) or opiskella (to study to be), usually take the translative case. However, the specific construction we are using here (elative + tulee) is an exception. The end result of the transformation is always in the basic nominative case, which is why we use yrittäjä and not yrittäjäksi.
The English translation says "in this field", so why does Finnish use the genitive case (tämän alan) instead of a location case like the inessive (-ssa)?
While English uses a prepositional phrase ("in this field"), Finnish prefers to link these words using the genitive case to show belonging or association. Tämän alan literally means "this field's". So, the sentence is structured as "this field's entrepreneur".
The question particle -ko is attached to the verb (Tuleeko). Could we attach it to sinusta instead?