Learn Finnish: Pomo ehdottaa, että uusi työehtosopimus tulisi voimaan heti. - The boss proposes that the new collective agreement come into force immediately.

Pomo ehdottaa, että uusi työehtosopimus tulisi voimaan heti.

The boss proposes that the new collective agreement come into force immediately.

Breakdown of Pomo ehdottaa, että uusi työehtosopimus tulisi voimaan heti.

Questions & Answers about Pomo ehdottaa, että uusi työehtosopimus tulisi voimaan heti.

Why is tulisi in the conditional mood here, when the English translation just says "come"?

Verbs like ehdottaa (to propose) or vaatia (to demand) express a wish or a proposal rather than an existing fact. In Finnish, this requires the verb in the following että clause to be in the conditional mood. This is why we use tulisi (would come) instead of the present tense tulee.

The phrase tulisi voimaan translates to "come into force". How does the word voimaan work grammatically?

Voimaan is the illative ("into") case of the noun voima, which means "power" or "force". The phrase tulla voimaan literally means "to come into power" and is the standard Finnish idiom used when a law, rule, or contract takes effect.

Työehtosopimus is quite a mouthful. What are the parts of this compound word?

It breaks down into three words: työ (work) + ehto (condition) + sopimus (agreement). Put together, it refers to a collective labor agreement, which is a very common and important term in Finnish working life.

Why isn't the subject of the that-clause (uusi työehtosopimus) in the partitive case?

Inside an että clause, the grammar rules work just like they do in a normal independent sentence. Because uusi työehtosopimus is a specific, countable whole acting as the subject, it takes the standard nominative case. The partitive subject would only be used for an undefined amount or an abstract concept.