Breakdown of Ne onnistuu aina uuden koodarin perehdyttämisessä.
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
uusi
new
aina
always
onnistua
to succeed
Questions & Answers about Ne onnistuu aina uuden koodarin perehdyttämisessä.
Why does the verb onnistua trigger the inessive case here (perehdyttämisessä)?
The verb onnistua (to succeed) requires the inessive case (-ssa/-ssä) when you talk about succeeding in an activity. To do this, you turn the action verb perehdyttää into its 4th infinitive noun form perehdyttäminen and add the inessive ending.
Why is uuden koodarin in the genitive case?
Because it is the object of the verbal noun perehdyttäminen. When an action is turned into a noun using the 4th infinitive, the target of that action takes the genitive case. Finnish literally expresses this as the new coder's onboarding.
Why does the plural pronoun ne take the singular verb form onnistuu?
In spoken and colloquial Finnish, third-person plural pronouns like ne always take the third-person singular form of the verb. In formal written Finnish, this sentence would use he onnistuvat.
How does the verb perehdyttää relate to the word perehtyä?
It is a causative verb derived from perehtyä (to familiarize oneself). While perehtyä is something you do yourself, perehdyttää means causing someone else to become familiarized, which is exactly what onboarding a new employee is.