Breakdown of Me valittiin toi tyyppi rahastonhoitajaksi ja se varapuheenjohtajaksi.
tuo
that
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
ja
and
me
we
valita
to choose
tyyppi
person / guy
rahastonhoitaja
treasurer
varapuheenjohtaja
vice chairperson
Questions & Answers about Me valittiin toi tyyppi rahastonhoitajaksi ja se varapuheenjohtajaksi.
Why do rahastonhoitaja and varapuheenjohtaja end in -ksi here?
This is the translative case. Verbs of electing, appointing, or naming, like valita (to choose or elect), require the new role or title to be in the translative. It translates smoothly to "as treasurer" and "as vice chairperson" in English.
Why is the passive form valittiin used to mean "we elected"?
In colloquial spoken Finnish, the 1st person plural ("we") is almost always formed using the pronoun me followed by the passive form of the verb. In standard written Finnish, this would be me valitsimme.
If they are the objects being elected, why is toi tyyppi in the nominative case rather than ton tyypin (the spoken genitive-accusative)?
Because the verb is grammatically in the passive (valittiin). A vital rule to remember is that the object of a passive verb takes the nominative case (the basic dictionary form). If this sentence used the active standard Finnish verb (me valitsimme), the object would indeed take the genitive-accusative: tuon tyypin.
The English translation says "and him", but the Finnish sentence says ja se. Why use se for a person?
In spoken Finnish, it is completely standard to use se (it) and ne (they) for people instead of hän and he. Just like toi tyyppi, it stays in the basic nominative case (se) because it is the object of a passive verb.
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