Breakdown of Työnantaja ehdottaa, että kenenkään ei tarvitsisi tehdä ylityötä ilmaiseksi.
ei
no / not (en, et, ei, emme, ette, eivät)
tehdä
to do
tarvita
to need
että
that (conjunction)
Questions & Answers about Työnantaja ehdottaa, että kenenkään ei tarvitsisi tehdä ylityötä ilmaiseksi.
Why is the verb tarvitsisi in the conditional mood here?
The main verb ehdottaa (to propose) governs the conditional mood in the following että clause. Verbs of proposing, demanding, or wishing use the conditional to show that the action is a proposed idea or desired outcome, not a confirmed reality.
Why is the word for 'nobody' in the genitive form kenenkään instead of the nominative kukaan?
The verb tarvita acts as a verb of obligation here, meaning 'to need to' or 'to have to'. Just like täytyy and pitää, it requires its subject to be in the genitive case. Because the sentence is negative, the genitive form of kukaan becomes kenenkään.
How exactly is the negative conditional ei tarvitsisi formed?
To form the negative conditional, you combine the negative verb (ei) with the conditional stem of the main verb. The positive third-person singular is tarvitsisi. For negative forms, you drop the personal ending (which here leaves the stem looking identical to the third-person form), resulting in ei tarvitsisi.
Why does the word for 'free' (ilmainen) take the translative ending -ksi to become ilmaiseksi?