Breakdown of Tiimityö vaatii yhteistyökykyistä asennetta.
vaatia
to claim (demand)
tiimityö
teamwork
asenne
attitude
yhteistyökykyinen
cooperative
Questions & Answers about Tiimityö vaatii yhteistyökykyistä asennetta.
Why are yhteistyökykyistä asennetta in the partitive case here?
The verb vaatia (to require or demand) takes a partitive object when the object is abstract and uncountable, like an attitude (asenne). If the verb required a specific, concrete whole object like a document, it would use the accusative case (e.g., vaatii raportin).
This lesson focuses on the 'mitä + superlative' construction. How would I use it here to say teamwork requires 'a most cooperative' attitude?
You would use the phrase mitä yhteistyökykyisintä. Even though the basic structure you learned uses the nominative case (like mitä ystävällisin ihminen), the whole phrase must agree with the role it plays in the sentence. Since vaatia requires the partitive here, both the superlative adjective and the noun must be in the partitive: Tiimityö vaatii mitä yhteistyökykyisintä asennetta.
Let's break down the long adjective yhteistyökykyistä. What are its parts?
It is built from yhteistyö (cooperation, literally joint-work) and the suffix -kykyinen (capable of). The suffix comes from the noun kyky (ability). Attaching -kykyinen to nouns is a great tool for building B2-level vocabulary, such as toimintakykyinen (capable of functioning). Here it is in the partitive form -kykyistä.
What type of word is asennetta and what is its base form?
The base dictionary form is asenne (attitude). It belongs to the group of Finnish words ending in -e. To form the partitive for these words, you add -tta or -ttä. The stem for other cases adds an extra -e- (like the illative asenteeseen), but the partitive attaches directly to the basic word ending.
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