Breakdown of Hyvä tietoturva antaa meidän työskennellä rauhassa.
me
we
hyvä
good
rauha
peace
työskennellä
to work
Questions & Answers about Hyvä tietoturva antaa meidän työskennellä rauhassa.
Why is "us" translated as the genitive meidän instead of the partitive meitä?
The verb antaa (when meaning "to let" or "to allow") uses a specific structure: the person who is allowed to do something is put in the genitive case (meidän), followed by the action in the basic first infinitive (työskennellä).
Doesn't antaa normally mean "to give"?
Yes, its basic meaning is "to give". However, it is also the standard verb for "to let" or "to allow". You can think of this structure as "giving our working" or "giving us the opportunity to work".
Could I use tehdä töitä instead of työskennellä in this sentence?
Yes, you could absolutely say antaa meidän tehdä töitä rauhassa. The verb työskennellä is just a slightly more formal, single-word equivalent for "to work", which fits nicely with the professional context of tietoturva (data security).
Why is "in peace" expressed with the inessive case in rauhassa?
The inessive case (-ssa/-ssä, usually meaning "inside") is often used idiomatically in Finnish to describe being in a certain state or condition. So rauhassa literally means "in a state of peace".