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Mä meen korjaamoon, ku mun auto on rikki.

Mä meen korjaamoon, ku mun auto on rikki.
I'm going to the repair shop, because my car is broken.
From Lesson 218:Location derivations (-la / -mo)·Finnish

Questions & Answers about Mä meen korjaamoon, ku mun auto on rikki.

How is the word korjaamoon formed?
The base word is korjaamo (repair shop). It is formed by taking the stem of the verb korjata (to repair) and adding the suffix -mo, which creates a noun representing a place where that action happens. The -on at the end is the illative case ending, because you are going into the shop.
Does ku mean 'because' here? I thought it was short for kun.
Yes! While ku is short for kun (which typically means 'when' in standard Finnish), in spoken Finnish it is very heavily used to mean 'because', often replacing the standard word koska.
Why are the words mä meen and mun used instead of the standard forms?
This sentence is written in spoken Finnish (puhekieli). Mä meen is the common spoken form of minä menen (I go), and mun is short for minun (my). You will hear these shortened forms constantly in everyday life in Finland.
Why doesn't rikki look like a normal adjective?
Rikki is a special indeclinable word meaning 'broken' or 'in pieces'. This means it never changes its form, so it won't take plural or case endings like regular adjectives do. You just use it directly with the verb olla (to be), as in auto on rikki.

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