Breakdown of Lukukausimaksu on korkea siihen nähden, että opetus ja arviointi ovat huonoja.
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
ja
and
huono
bad
Questions & Answers about Lukukausimaksu on korkea siihen nähden, että opetus ja arviointi ovat huonoja.
Why do we say siihen nähden, että instead of just nähden, että?
In Finnish, you generally cannot attach an että (that) clause directly to an adposition like nähden (considering / in relation to). You need a pronoun bridge. You use a form of the pronoun se (it) with the adposition, followed by the että clause. Literally, it translates to in relation to it, that...
Why is the pronoun se specifically in the illative case (siihen)?
The adposition nähden always requires the word it modifies to be in the illative case. Because the että clause is acting as the object of this adposition, the bridge pronoun se must take the illative ending, becoming siihen.
Can nähden be used without siihen in other contexts?
Yes, if you are comparing something to a noun rather than a whole clause. For example, you might say someone is tall ikäänsä nähden (considering their age). Notice how ikäänsä is also in the illative case here, just like siihen.
Why is huonoja in the plural partitive case instead of the plural nominative (huonot)?