Breakdown of Hänestä tuli kuuluisa ja arvostettu ohjelmoija.
hän
he / she
ja
and
tulla
to become
arvostaa
to appreciate
ohjelmoija
programmer
kuuluisa
famous
Questions & Answers about Hänestä tuli kuuluisa ja arvostettu ohjelmoija.
Why does the sentence start with the elative form hänestä instead of the basic form hän?
This is the core of the tulla transformation structure. When someone becomes something, the person changing is put into the elative case (the -sta/-stä ending, which usually means out of). You can think of the sentence literally translating as: Out of him came a famous programmer.
Why are the words kuuluisa, arvostettu, and ohjelmoija all in the basic nominative case?
In this specific Elative + tulee + Nominative structure, the final result (what the person turns into) must be in the nominative case. Because adjectives always have to match the case of their noun, the entire descriptive phrase kuuluisa ja arvostettu ohjelmoija stays in the basic dictionary form.
Is the verb tuli agreeing with a subject here?
Not in the traditional sense. Because the person transforming is in the elative case (hänestä), there is no basic grammatical subject for the verb to agree with. In this structure, the verb is always locked into the third-person singular form, such as tulee in the present or tuli in the past.
The word arvostettu looks like a verb form. How does it work as an adjective here?
Arvostettu is the past passive participle of the verb arvostaa (to value or appreciate). Just like the English word respected, this specific verb form can function perfectly as a normal adjective to describe the noun ohjelmoija.
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