Breakdown of Vaativien projektien ajankäyttö on aina ongelma.
olla
to be
aina
always
ongelma
problem
projekti
project
vaativa
demanding
ajankäyttö
time management
Questions & Answers about Vaativien projektien ajankäyttö on aina ongelma.
How is the adjective vaativien formed from a verb?
It comes from the verb vaatia (to demand, to require). By adding the active present participle ending -va, it becomes the adjective vaativa (demanding). Here it is declined in the genitive plural to agree with projektien.
Why does the compound word ajankäyttö use the genitive case for its first part?
Ajankäyttö combines aika (time) and käyttö (use). When a compound word consists of a noun and an action noun (derived from a verb like käyttää), the first word often takes the genitive case because it acts as the object of that action. It literally means the use of time.
Why is ongelma in the nominative case here rather than the partitive?
In basic A is B sentences, the complement (predicative) takes the nominative if it is a countable noun. Even though time management is an abstract concept, ongelma (a problem) is countable in Finnish, so it stays in the nominative.
How would I change ajankäyttö if I wanted to say 'I focus on the time management of demanding projects' using the verb keskittyä from this lesson?
The verb keskittyä requires the illative case (the 'into' case) for the thing you are focusing on. You would change the nominative ajankäyttö to the illative ajankäyttöön, making the sentence: Keskityn vaativien projektien ajankäyttöön.
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