Learn Finnish: Netti pätkii, joten joudumme nauhoittamaan esityksen. - The internet is lagging, so we have to record the presentation.

Both can translate to "so" or "therefore", but they work differently grammatically. joten is a relative conjunction that connects a consequence to the previous clause in the same sentence (meaning "which is why"). If you used siksi ("for that reason"), you would usually start a new sentence: Netti pätkii. Siksi joudumme... (The internet is lagging. Therefore we have to...).

The verb pätkii translates to "is lagging". What does this word literally mean?

It comes from the noun pätkä, which means a piece, snippet, or chunk. The verb pätkiä literally means "to cut into pieces" or "to chop up". When talking about the internet, an audio feed, or a video, it perfectly describes the connection breaking into little chunks, which we call "lagging" or "cutting out" in English.

Why is the verb for recording in the form nauhoittamaan?

This is triggered by the verb joutua (to have to / to end up). In Finnish, joutua requires the following verb to be in the -maan / -mään form (the 3rd infinitive). So, joudumme nauhoittamaan means "we are forced to record" or "we end up recording".

Could I just use meidän täytyy instead of joudumme to say "we have to"?