Breakdown of Meidän pitää panostaa uuden koodarin perehdyttämiseen.
me
we
uusi
new
pitää
must / have to
panostaa
to invest in, to put effort into
Questions & Answers about Meidän pitää panostaa uuden koodarin perehdyttämiseen.
Why does panostaa take the -miseen form here?
The verb panostaa ("to invest in" or "to put effort into") requires its target to be in the illative case. Because the target here is an action ("onboarding"), we must express it using the 4th infinitive in the illative (-miseen).
Why is "the new coder" in the genitive case (uuden koodarin)?
The word perehdyttäminen acts as a noun here ("the onboarding"). The object of a verbal noun (the 4th infinitive) usually takes the genitive case, similar to expressing possession. You can think of it literally as "the onboarding of the new coder."
What is the base verb for perehdyttämiseen and how is it related to learning?
The base verb is perehdyttää ("to familiarize someone" or "to onboard"). It's a causative verb derived from perehtyä ("to familiarize oneself" or "to delve into"). So while perehtyä is what the new coder does, perehdyttää is the action the company takes to help them do it.
As a quick refresher on necessity structures, how would I make this sentence negative ("We don't have to...")?