Completing tasks (saada -ksi)

Use the verb saada (to get) with a passive past participle to talk about successfully completing a task or achieving a result, like finishing an overdue household chore.

Forming the Construction

This construction requires three components:

• The verb saada conjugated to match the subject.
• The object of the action (usually in the genitive-accusative for a completely finished task).
• The passive past participle of the action verb in the translative case (-ksi).

To form this participle, add the translative ending -ksi to the passive past participle (which usually ends in -tu/-ty or -ttu/-tty).

Because -ksi closes the syllable, it triggers consonant gradation in the participle's ending:

• tt weakens to t (e.g., koottu → kootuksi).
• t weakens to d (e.g., tapetoitu → tapetoiduksi).

Negation

If the task was not finished, conjugate saada in the negative (e.g., ei saanut). Because the action was not completed, the object must be in the partitive case (like hanaa instead of hanan). The translative participle remains unchanged.

Questions and Multiple Tasks

You can ask if someone managed to finish something, or list multiple completed tasks by linking their objects and participles together.

Adding Context

Link clauses with kun (when) to contrast a successfully completed task with an ongoing background action.