Breakdown of Meidän on pakko järjestää kantoapu ja maksaa vuokravakuus välittömästi.
olla
to be
ja
and
me
we
järjestää
to organize
Questions & Answers about Meidän on pakko järjestää kantoapu ja maksaa vuokravakuus välittömästi.
Why are the objects kantoapu and vuokravakuus in their basic nominative form instead of taking the genitive/accusative ending -n?
This is the core of the necessity construction. When you use a necessity structure like on pakko with a first infinitive (järjestää, maksaa), the object of that action drops its normal accusative/genitive ending. Therefore, we use the base form (nominative) for both kantoapu and vuokravakuus.
Would this sentence still work if I used the standard subject Me instead of the genitive Meidän?
No, necessity structures like on pakko require the person who "must" do something to be in the genitive case. Saying Me on pakko is grammatically incorrect; it must always be Meidän on pakko.
Does the single on pakko govern both verbs in this sentence?
Yes. The conjunction ja connects the two infinitives järjestää and maksaa. Because they share the same subject and necessity structure, you do not need to repeat on pakko before the second verb. Both objects follow the necessity object rule as a result.
What are the root words that make up the compound word vuokravakuus?
It is a combination of vuokra (rent) and vakuus (guarantee, security, or deposit). Another very common word for a security deposit in Finnish is takuuvuokra, which uses similar roots but in a different arrangement.